Recently I read a book by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in which he shared a Greek Myth “The Bed of Procrustes”

The Story (Simple Version)

Procrustes was a robber who lived near Athens.
He had a bed in his house and invited travelers to sleep on it.

But there was a rule:

• If the person was taller than the bed → he would cut their legs.
• If the person was shorter than the bed → he would stretch them.

Procrustes didn’t care about the person…
He only cared that they fit the bed.

• Meaning as a Metaphor
  Bed – Frameworks, System Process
• Person – Project , People , Ideas , Innovation

In today’s world, we’ve built all kinds of frameworks, systems, and processes—almost like roadmaps—to help us manage our projects, guide our people, and shape our ideas.

But is it helping us or is there anything we can do where framework, system and process empower us instead of restricting us.

These frameworks are meant to support the journey, not replace the travelers.

Instead of forcing teams into a framework, systems, and processes give them principles to guide, playbooks to follow, guidelines to stay aligned, and patterns to stay in rhythm.

Let’s discuss how we can implement with an example :-

Scenario : How to build the product step-by-step so that it delivers value to stakeholders frequently and improves continuously through regular feedback.

Scrum Framework

Re-Imagining using principles, playbooks, guidelines , patterns , Mindset

Are we ready to be empowered, to work with value at the center, and to lead with the mindset that makes it possible?

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