#111 - Commander’s Intent and That Sweet Spot between Micromanaging and Abandoning
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‘In a principal-agent model,’ writes Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler in Misbehaving, ‘the principal is the boss, often the owner of a firm, and the agent is someone to whom authority is delegated.’ Let us for the sake of relatability apply the definition of a principal broadly. The principal could be a higher-ranking military officer who issues commands to subordinate officers, or the principal could be the manager of a team and the agent is a report.
#111 - Commander’s Intent and That Sweet Spot between Micromanaging and Abandoning
#111 - Commander’s Intent and That Sweet Spot…
#111 - Commander’s Intent and That Sweet Spot between Micromanaging and Abandoning
‘In a principal-agent model,’ writes Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler in Misbehaving, ‘the principal is the boss, often the owner of a firm, and the agent is someone to whom authority is delegated.’ Let us for the sake of relatability apply the definition of a principal broadly. The principal could be a higher-ranking military officer who issues commands to subordinate officers, or the principal could be the manager of a team and the agent is a report.