> when people start giving them an operating place in the construction of governance, it can be a real problem
What do you mean by this? If you use them as guidelines for establishing processes and encouraging/discouraging behavior?
What do you mean by this? If you use them as guidelines for establishing processes and encouraging/discouraging behavior?
Suppose we say transparency is a value. Well, it's extremely easy to have too much transparency. Suppose it is collaboration. Then you can easily run into costly processes that serve no purpose in value.
I've seen "values competitions" before in organizations, where an escalation of commitment to them sort of generates a positive feedback loop.