If some cells die, the whole organ suffers. If we are going to survive, every person needs to be tuned in and a partner with everyone else. One thing I try to convey as a part of leadership development is that every person is a leader. That is a skewed vision of leadership. They can lead in the sense of doing or accomplishing something.
Leaders can lead one on one.
Just in Time Over the last few years, enough bugles have been blown for most organizations to realize that they are entering a new era. In manufacturing, we would talk about 'just in time' inventory, which meant running a manufacturing line so that parts flowed smoothly without expensive inventories. As person assembled A to B, and passed on to C, you didn't have a whole lot of A and B parts just sitting on the line. There is a shift to recognize that this 'just in time' concept is very important with regard to people. You have to have the right kind of people with the right kinds of skills in the right kinds of places at the right time to be successful.