Totally agree knowledge worker's brains need time to percolate on problems, tapping into the subconscious definitely leads to better outcomes on one individuals

Totally agree knowledge worker's brains need time to percolate on problems, tapping into the subconscious definitely leads to better outcomes on one individuals thought. However when it comes to organizations, deep thought reaches its limit because one person can't synthesize the whole thing alone and you need to operate as a team. In this environment there's no limit to the amount of wheel-spinning that can happen when you have the wrong people thinking about the wrong things and giving them more space to think just confuses things more. In this case, setting some guardrails in terms of timelines, strategic business, product and technical constraints, and other leadership guidance are key in effective execution. The article does a poor job distinguishing these positive forcing functions from clueless management browbeating people into burnout out of sheer arrogance and ignorance.