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Differences that change the conversation

Who approved this?

Initiative and mandate

Olek changes a rule on his own to fix a problem, but Anna sees the organisation-wide consequences. Initiative does not always include the authority to change rules for others.

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Olek, seated in his wheelchair, proposes a workshop while pointing to a recurring problem on a diagram.
Let’s run a one-hour workshop tomorrow and solve this properly.
Olek facilitates several colleagues working together at a board where a solution is taking shape.
Finally, we’re moving.
Anna reacts with surprise as she reads a phone message about the workshop and process change.
Who approved this workshop and the process change?
Anna explains the consequences for three teams while Olek feels that his success has been treated like wrongdoing.
We solved the problem.
And changed the way three teams work without the decision owner.
Anna and Olek use a diagram to distinguish starting a conversation from approving a rule change.
So I can start the conversation.
Yes. But not change the rule on your own.
Em, the Empatyzer coach
Olek understands responsibility as taking action on a visible problem, while Anna understands it as protecting people affected beyond his field of view. As a result, a good local initiative can still cross an organisational mandate. Before changing rules, establish what you may test independently and what requires a decision from the process owner.