AGILE IN ACTION

Thursday, 29 December 2005

Being empowered means being prepared to take a chance

Posted by Simon Baker

In an empowered environment, any action means taking some risk because there is the chance of making mistakes. When a team is empowered it has authority to decide how best to achieve a goal and it’s acceptable to fail when learning is happening.

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