You want the people around you to take initiative, decide and learn. The ⇄ cards are about the conditions you set.
Three cards to start with:
- ⇄ The first reaction sets the rule. Write down what people decide alone, and react to the next initiative by its intent first.
- Hand over the whole problem. Give the goal and the limits, and let them propose the approach.
- ⇄ You ask for outcomes and you review activity. Add the expected effect and what is observed to every important subject.
Your first attempt. Pick one decision that can be undone and that you still take yourself. Hand it to someone on the team, with the goal, the limits, and a date to look at it together.
What you look at next. On that date, look at the reasoning and the result without taking back control. Widen the frame next time.
A full case. Six weeks to learn together shows a team trial, week by week, with its numbers and its decision.
For group discussions, the book also offers a session format.
Keep a card for later and come back to the four paths when your need changes. To see where you stand, the builder test gives you a level and a line of work.