This article is by Adam Pisoni, co-founder and former CTO of Yammer. He is also a founder of Responsive.org, a new movement dedicated to helping companies become more agile, adaptive and empowering.

The other day I read his 'Responsibility Poem'. This poem beautifully illustrates the significance of clear roles and responsibilties.

Below you will find the original poems, condensed and in full version. Both are highly entertaining and contain many recognizable elements!

We found out that not all was great at the Fronteer. There was a lack of trust in the company. Management and the rest of the team felt disconnected from each other. We could have continued the way we worked. But we felt we could do more, and work better, we could be nicer, and more honest. We could achieve much better results. We could be a much better team. So, we got to it!