ReignDesign is now a collective. What does that mean? To be honest, I think we're still figuring it out. But a few of the things that we've learned so far are:
1) Group decision-making is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it gives people a feeling of empowerment and ownership. On the other hand, it's easy to waste a lot of time. To adjust for this, we've established some ground rules for granularity of decision-making (purchases under $50 don't need a full vote, it's better to get started on something and bring in others' ideas later than to sit around and wait or schedule a meeting, etc.).
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