The property of something not being fully defined in advance and thus not fully knowable in advance. In the newsletter, I write about open-endedness as a property of job roles, goals, motivation, style, strategy, products, and the future. Open-endedness makes things (objects, people, teams, and organizations) uncertain but also gives them the potential for innovation and freedom.
See also: adaptability, agathonicity, amorphous organization, Boris, discomfort, forcing function, not-knowing, realistic imagination, resource with no predefined form, strategy, uncertainty mindset, work-in-progress.
#12: True diversity
#14: A time and place for everything
#37: Open space
#42: Room for discovery
#48: How to design remote work
#49: The work of uncertainty
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ambient uncertainty
amorphous organization
Boris
control
desperation by design
discomfort
emotion
failure
freedom
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hiring
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open-ended roles
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risk vs. uncertainty
self-therapy
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surprise and delight
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value
voluntary uncertainty
work-in-progress
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