Brave New Work 37. How to Pick Your Principles
Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore the difficulty of choosing the right principles for our organizations.
At Work with The Ready · Rodney Evans and Sam Spurlin
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Show Notes
Without bureaucracy and compliance, how can we ensure that we remain aligned and coherent while also leaving room for judgment? The answer: principles.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans explore how to craft a useful principle—and how to make use of them day-to-day.
Read The Ready's article for more information on principles here.
Mentioned references:
- hangboards
- Principles (2017) by Ray Dalio
- 'Beyond Budgeting"
- "Even Overs" - BNW Ep. 44
- "canvas areas" - The Ready's OS Canvas
- "safe to try"
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00:00 Intro + Check-In: What are you doing for fitness these days?
03:46 Defining principles
12:42 Considering first principles for a team
16:40 Using principles to guide away from shenanigans
23:18 Nervous system response to strong principles
26:34 Picking your principles
35:51 Aaron and Rodney’s principles hit list
41:03 Wrap up. Leave us a review!