Autonomy design
Delegating responsibility requires designing control.
We do not pursue total autonomy by default. We design who decides, who executes, where a person intervenes and which controls must be active.
Autonomy design
Responsibility changes. So does control.
Delegated responsibilityincreases by level
Required governancegrows with responsibility
PoliciesEvaluationObservabilityExceptions
Principle
Autonomy is earned with evidence.
Risk, predictability, reversibility, quality and intervention capacity determine how much can be delegated.
Human in the loop
The person validates before execution.
Human on the loop
The capability executes and the person supervises.
Human over the loop
The person governs policies, performance and exceptions.