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Empowerment vs. Autonomy

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SVPG · Marty CaganApr 17, 2025

Team Autonomy and AI

Apr 17, 2025 · 3 min

Marty Cagan argues that product teams often conflate empowerment and autonomy, and that the two should be considered separately. Empowerment means a team can choose how to solve a problem, while autonomy means it can…