Organisations have a tendency for downstream thinking. To succeed, leaders should change the focus to upstream thinking.
- Identify problems early
- Target leverage points in complex systems
- Find reliable methods to measure success
- Consider new ways of working together
- Embed their successes into systems.
Find new ways of working together:
- Hand the problem to the right people.
- Give them enough notice of that problem.
- Align their efforts toward preventing instances of the problem.