46. Clarity and Coherence In Your Organization's Identity - a podcast by The Ready

At a sufficiently large scale, any organization that has maximum "diversity" across all variables will become average. Why? Because taking a stand—any stand—is the basis for the boundary of the firm. It's what separates what's inside from what's outside. We must answer the question: "What makes us... us?"
In order to succeed, we need generative difference—members of different races, backgrounds, and experiences. But, we also need clarity and coherence. We need to be explicit about the lines that matter to us, and have enough alignment and connection that a whole emerges from the parts.In this episode, we talk about what it takes to achieve that level of coherence, and how easy it is to tip the scales too far in either direction.

Mentioned references:"Brave New Work bookshelf": See references mentioned throughout the series, but the show notes for Ep. 12 are a great place to start.


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----------------00:00 Intro + Check-In: What is a behavior you have been working on, demonstrating, modeling or embodying recently?
03:50 Why we’re focused on clarity and coherence right now05:40 Examples of clarity (or lack there of) out in the world
12:06 Large groups with no guidelines dilute clarity15:10 Clarity between you as a role holder in a company and you as a human
18:56 Importance of boundaries in clarity25:55 Rejection is an inevitable outcome of clarity
27:52 Building your company’s “tent” with clarity, coherence, and simplicity30:30 Clarity in bureaucracy vs clarity in the future of work
32:02 Wrap Up: Leave us a review!

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