Imagine a Worker.

Imagine workers who knew exactly what the boss needs of them and what they must do to meet that need.

Imagine workers who were self-propelled, self-organising, need no supervision or management.

Imagine workers who the boss sets a task, and they don’t meet again until the task is complete.

Imagine workers who, other than a minimal induction (‘Here’s the toilets. Here’s the boss’s office. We do casual Fridays’) hit the ground running and are productive from the first day.

Those workers exist.

They’re called ‘contractors’ or ‘consultants’.

Is there any reason why the majority of workers don’t work this way?

Other than ‘This is how we’ve always done it’ - and ‘If there are no workers - then what will the boss do?’ - the answer is no.