That was Jack Welch’s aim when he was at GE, and he was right. Here’s how he put it (quoted in The Top Ten Mistakes Leaders Make):
“The old organization was built on control, but the world has changed. The world is moving at such a pace that control has become a limitation. It slows you down. You’ve got to balance freedom with some control, but you’ve got to have more freedom than you ever dreamed of.”