Heroisim

Once at work, I was told: “We do not need heroes, so don’t play the hero. Instead, focus on building sustainable processes.”

So I did. I built a process that was widely adopted and praised. But within a few months, that same process was removed. Why? The justification was “Iteration” and “evolution”. It wasn’t the first time I had seen this pattern, good processes no matter how effective, were often discarded under the cover to cultivate high ambiguity.

Why? Because ambiguity creates opportunity for those seeking power. You can only grow if you deal with high level of ambiguity.

Heroism is necessary when a company fails to establish processes, leading to chaos. In messy situations, heroes are needed to take charge and drive change.

“We need heroes when heroism is necessary.”

— Marc Andreessen

Or maybe some intentionally cultivate chaos to become hero!