That capacity to be in sync can deepen camaraderie and heighten collective and individual performance – a spiral up into greater coherence and congruence, rather than down conflict.

And cascading strategies, as Jonathan characterizes it here, can reinforce congruence in messaging and actions. That forms the reliably firm ground upon which trust and understanding begins and grows.

One important result in this increasingly complex world is that honeycomb organizations can easily identify the best ‘queen bee” because of she/he naturally becomes visible as the most vital connector. She/he is probably T-shaped as Morten Hansen labeled such folks in Collaboration.

Hint: a mutuality mindset multiplies opportunities for all of us to use our best talents together more often, with and for each other

Luke, good to hear from you. Glad to know you consider me a “proven executive”. It’s the old adage: In theory, there is no difference between practice and theory. In practice, they are very different.