So, to be independent-minded is to be actively evidence-seeking, as opposed to being conventionally reflexively consensus-accepting. Positive traits are skepti

So, to be independent-minded is to be actively evidence-seeking, as opposed to being conventionally reflexively consensus-accepting. Positive traits are skepticism, honesty, and curiousity. As a complement, it always helps to be smart. Start ups attract and benefit from independent-minded doers. It's nice to think about "independent-mindedness" as a superpower. There's one thing missing. Being useful. If you frame a start up experience as an opportunistic search for a sustainable market, plus rigorous service to customer experience in that market, it helps a lot to have strong drive to be relevant, to serve. A ideal organization will help independently minded people to be mission-effective. That suggests an organization that is flattish, decoupled, and with explicit goals and values. But won't an organization, pragmatically, also need incorporate conventionally-minded people - who can also be smart and useful? A ideal organization for the "conventionally minded" suggests hierarchy and normative culture and policies. What's the right structure for a mix of "independent" and "conventional" contributors?