I want to add one anecdote to my Czech Scout example: most regional or troop leaders are actually not that good, I’d say the average is somewhere between mediocre to bad. This is definitely true for my troop/regiment. (Sorry...) Yet, we manage — because we get, for example, a signup system for free, a common meeting space for free, a summer camp site for free, educational materials with activities for free, courses on leadership or management for free, etc. Once in a while, this system identifies great individuals, who then ascend to run bigger events (instructor courses, large conferences, …)
It’s the infrastructure that makes a bunch of mostly suboptimal individuals achieve close to optimal outcomes.
I want to add one anecdote to my Czech Scout example: most regional or troop leaders are actually not that good, I’d say the average is somewhere between mediocre to bad. This is definitely true for my troop/regiment. (Sorry...) Yet, we manage — because we get, for example, a signup system for free, a common meeting space for free, a summer camp site for free, educational materials with activities for free, courses on leadership or management for free, etc. Once in a while, this system identifies great individuals, who then ascend to run bigger events (instructor courses, large conferences, …)
It’s the infrastructure that makes a bunch of mostly suboptimal individuals achieve close to optimal outcomes.