An explanation is a statement of what is there in reality and how it works and why, basically.

-David Deutsch

Hello,

Welcome to the first Questions & Explanations episode.

I am calling this Questions and Explanations because just giving answers is boring. Back in Episode 4, titled The Right Questions, I detail not only what makes up a good question, but also what and explanation to the question that author/scientist/philosopher David Deutsch says has reach. If you haven’t listened to Episode 4 yet, you should.

But to give you an idea of what an explanation with reach is, I will give you a relatively short answer.

I have been collecting questions for some time now, and I am always looking for more. You can submit questions via interesting@eddiekillian.com, the podcast and my LinkedIn pages, and X (you know, formerly Twitter). All the links are in the show notes.

Time Stamps:

[3:21] Question # 1: What is bureaucracy in a business context? 

[10:11] Question #2: Why is worker empowerment important for the organization’s success?

[15:19] Question #3: Can you share a real-world example of “Drift” in action, either from your own experience or from industry in general?

[24:45] Question #4: How can management and leadership support and encourage empowerment?

[30:02] Question #5: How does “Drift” challenge traditional safety approaches, and what implications does it have for organizations?

Well, I think we have done a good job of offering up some explanations that have reach. In coming episodes, we will continue to dive deeper into these ideas of bureaucracy busting, their reasoning, and the real-world observations and how we can ensure these drive us to excellence, and how they affect our creativity, our lives, and our businesses and organizations.

I am very excited to announce, I am going to start adding Q&E time in future episodes, and have some episodes like this one, completely devoted to answering questions from you, the listener. So, send me your questions!

You can submit questions via interesting@eddiekillian.com, the podcast and my LinkedIn pages, and X (you know, formerly Twitter). All the links are in the show notes.

Links to all the quoted resources are in the show notes and in the transcript on my website, Eddiekillian.com

Join me on our next episode as we continue to travel the path of what is difficult, perilous, and uncertain as we explore introducing A New Order of Things. I am your host, Eddie Killian. And this concludes Episode 29.