100 Ways to Succeed #94:

Hail the Decentralization “Warfighters”

Through every means possible, be hyper-aware of ICD (Inherent Centralist Drift).

Talk about it.
Fight about it.
Lose sleep over it.
Ensure that your Decentralists are as well armed as your Centralists.

(Hint: This ICD holds for a 1-person biz as well as for a 10,000-person biz. When you screw up in the 1-person biz, you add controls. A good idea, a necessary one … until it stifles creativity.)