The Constant Gardener

He will win whose army is animated by the same spirit throughout all its ranks. — Sun Tzu

The Constant Gardener grows a process from a small seed, step-by-step, as more people come into the project. He makes every change for a precise reason, with agreement from everyone. He never imposes a process from above, but lets others come to consensus, and then he enforces that consensus. In this way, everyone owns the process together, and by owning it, they are attached to it.

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