Rules for rebels in organizations

"Rules" for rebels, heretics, and mavericks in organizations:

Don't wait to be told to do something; figure it out for yourself.

Challenge everything, and steel yourself for the inevitable cynicism, opposition, rumors, false reporting, innuendos, and slander.

Break the rules, not the law

Take risks as a rule, not as the exception

Cut out unnecessary timelines, schedules, processes, reviews, and bureaucracy

Just get started; fix problems as you go along

Build solutions, not an organization

Source: Learning from NASA "Pirates" group Loizos Heracleous, Christina Wawarta, Steven Gonzalez, and Sotirios Paroutis