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Floris Knol
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How can you tell a group is ready for the next step?

Five stones as stepping stones in a stream; the fifth stone is coral-coloured.

How can you tell a group is ready for the next step?

Five signs:

  1. Its goal no longer fits the parent company.
  2. The group has a world of its own: customers, suppliers and language.
  3. Its costs can be shown separately.
  4. It needs something the parent cannot give.
  5. The references back to the parent are shrinking.

This holds for any team that becomes something of its own. In my book Het autonome AI-bedrijf you can see it in Sawasara, a fictional company that serves as the example.

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