Create capacity (rather than capture it). This value focuses leaders on creating new capacity from outside the company, rather than fighting internally for existing capacity. Creating capacity makes the first team mindset possible, because it aligns incentives across managers who would otherwise be competing with one another for budget. More discussion on this in Create capacity rather than capture it.
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