Great to see you here – thank you. Good point, I can see the distinction. I need to read more of your stuff on crowdsourcing. That said, though, without getting all semantic I would say it takes letting go to be willing to venture into crowdsourcing, and that management that is willing to let go could also essentially “crowdsource” ideas from staff. But, it ultimately goes to the motivation of the person doing the initiative, and I’m sure you’re right about the Beastie Boys. I’ll look for more info on the Coke example that you mention.

It’s amazing to me that more managers don’t realize this.

But I think a big barrier to this in many organizations is that it takes a lot of self-confidence for a leader to let go. Having a solid, confident leader at the top who acts this way certainly helps to spread that behavior throughout the org.