Autonomy is about empowerment more than it's about independence.

· Bits and Bobs 1/21/25
  • Autonomy is about empowerment more than it's about independence.[aje]
    • Autonomy is about being empowered to make decisions.
    • In larger teams where it's past the size of two-pizza, you have to split into sub components with boundaries around the areas where that autonomy operates.
      • In those contexts, independence and empowerment co-occur.
    • But in smaller teams you can all be aware of all decisions.
      • In those situations independence and empowerment can be disjoint.