Yuna<p>🌀 What if removing some structure led to better outcomes?</p><p>A curious inversion, I agree. But that’s the charm of the Headstand Strategy, flip the premise, reveal the problem.</p><p>We speak of agility as freedom, yet wrap our teams in rituals: OKRs, alignment meetings, performance dialogues, endless standups, grooming, planning, retros. Conversations about conversations. Calendars filled with the idea of progress. The actual work? Squeezed between context switches and corporate theatre. I totally get the idea, but the side effects are ignored.</p><p>You're already saturated with management frameworks. Now imagine holding a developer role, expected to contribute meaningfully while navigating that same maze. The room to breathe, to create, to care about the product… vanishes.</p><p>And then comes the lament: Why is no one passionate anymore?<br>Perhaps because passion requires space.<br>Thinking needs silence.<br>Excellence isn't summoned in overbooked sprints.</p><p>More oversight doesn't mean more output.<br>More process doesn’t mean more progress.<br>If everything is a priority, nothing is.<br>And if every hour is scheduled, don't expect spontaneous brilliance.</p><p>As a wise colleague once said:<br>"I'm exhausted by alignment, OKRs, and performance talk. I just want to build something great and support your product with my knowledge. Let me."</p><p>So before you launch the next initiative, consider:<br>Are you enabling growth and skills, or just optimizing for control?</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/HeadstandStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadstandStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ThoughtfulLeadership" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtfulLeadership</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/QuietProductivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuietProductivity</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AgileReflection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AgileReflection</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LessIsMore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LessIsMore</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MakeSpaceToBuild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MakeSpaceToBuild</span></a></p>