🕯️ Advent of Insight · Week 2 Recap
A reflective summary of Advent of Insight Week 2 — seven insights on teams, autonomy, governance, conflict, and the human systems that shape how organizations work.
A reflective summary of Advent of Insight Week 2 — seven insights on teams, autonomy, governance, conflict, and the human systems that shape how organizations work.
Not knowing isn’t failure—it’s the birthplace of real change.
Listening isn’t waiting to talk—it’s shaping reality through attention.
Alignment needs guardrails—but too many turn roads into walls.
Behind every org chart lies a living network of shadow structures—the informal channels of influence, trust, and flow.Ignoring them means designing for theory, not reality. Great leaders learn to see and honor these hidden systems without trying to “fix” them.When you align formal design with informal truth, energy stops leaking and purpose becomes collective. → Related: Shadow Structures: The Unofficial Systems That Actually Run Your Organisation