🕯️ Advent of Insight · Day 8 – The Beautiful Lie of Team Autonomy

The beautiful lie of team autonomy is that independence equals empowerment. Many teams crave freedom but operate inside invisible dependencies and unclear mandates.
True autonomy thrives when boundaries, purpose, and relationships are explicit. It’s not “do whatever you want,” but “own what you understand.”
Freedom without alignment breeds friction; freedom within connection breeds flow.

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