All core values
Trust
Proportionality
Matching controls, consequences, and effort to the actual level of risk and impact rather than reacting with blanket restrictions.
Behaviors
- Assesses impact before adding a new approval
- Uses lighter controls for low-risk work
- Matches corrective action to the seriousness of a problem
Anti-patterns
- One mistake creating rules for everyone
- Minor issues triggering major punishments
- Low-risk tasks requiring executive approval
Reinforce it with
- Risk-tiered approval rules
- Reviews of burdensome controls
- Decision prompts that compare cost and benefit
Proportionality protects the organization without making ordinary work unnecessarily difficult.