George Ambler has a great post about leadership:
Fact 1: As each goose flaps its wings it creates an
“uplift” for the birds that follow. By flying in a “V” formation, the
whole flock adds 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew alone.
Lesson: People who share a common direction and sense
of community can get where they are going quicker and easier because
they are traveling on the thrust of one another.
geese only have one common direction. humans are more diverse.
sure humans are more diverse but when you are building a software firm, building a team etc you want to be moving in a common direction. you want “geese sense”.
and such groups generally do have “geese sense”, don’t they?
your headline and comment suggested that it was needed in much larger groups, a collective “we”, where community action is not common.