Surveys have shown that less than 2% of people one or two layers around you as a leader understand what the priorities are.

Julia Hoggett, the London Stock Exchange CEO, says she spends a third of her time constantly creating this clarity. When people feel responsible for an outcome, magic can happen.

Jana Werner wrote The Octopus Organization after interviewing 70 executives.

Find out what separates the adaptive ones from the rigid ones: www.softwaredefinedinterviews.com/116

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Software Defined Interviews podcast graphic with hosts Whitney Lee (top left, laughing and clapping) and Michael Coté (top right, smiling, bearded, in a blue plaid shirt) above the show logo with stylized clouds. Below, guest Jana Werner appears with short blonde hair and a black turtleneck. An arrow points to text reading "with guest Jana Werner."