Splitting off doesn't mean letting go

A group of agents that gets a goal of its own and a place of its own stays connected to where it came from. The parent company becomes a supplier: of the platform, of books and of knowledge, on ordinary terms, with agreements and invoices instead of shared folders.

And it works both ways. What the group that split off learns comes back to the parent. What the parent improves in the platform, the group that split off gets along. Both become stronger.

That's why, for me, this isn't a story about leaving, but about working together in a different way. You can see it in Sawasara, a fictional company in my book Het autonome AI-bedrijf that serves as an example.

Want to test it in your own organisation? Pick a team that already has a goal of its own and write two lists. First: what does the rest of the organisation supply to this team? Then: what could this team give back, such as knowledge it used, improvements or figures? If the second list is empty, there is no collaboration yet, only dependency.

What could your team give back?

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