Most startup companies have two people, and they figure out creative ways to swarm problems. They move faster and have more impact.

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You have to chip away at it and shape it to let the winning idea emerge.

In the strengthening the core job, a leader can draw on their past experiences. After all, in most cases they did the job of the people that are reporting to them! So they know when something is screwed up, they know the risks worth taking, and they know the corners to cut. But when they are creating the new, no one knows what the right answer is.

Seeking chaos is at least one way to develop the skills and mindsets to tackle ambiguity.

Now, I worry a bit about the TEDification of the world where style trumps substance, so hopefully you have a good blend of both!

History teaches us that many breakthroughs were happy accidents. Whether that's penicillin coming from Fleming neglecting to clean his laboratory before going on vacation or the team at Odeon trying a little side project that allowed people to communicate in real time as long as their message was 140 characters or less (which ultimately of course became Twitter), the unintended is often the transformational.