Transforming Teams from Order Takers to Decision Makers

Before transformation, many organizations still operate at the "smart guy at the top" level. As Steve Jobs said, "It doesn't make sense to hire smart people and tell them what to do; we hire smart people so they can tell us what to do." The best decisions are made where the action is. And for products based on technology, the action is clearly with and around engineers.

So, instead of having a wise person figure out how to solve problems and push the solutions out to the rest of the organization, let a small group of people at the level of the action quickly discover working solutions. A transformation pilot team can demonstrate the positive impact on working solutions of transforming engineers and product people from order takers to decision makers.