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A Yodo1 mantra deep-dive

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☀️ Working in the Sunshine: Where Is Your Agency?

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At Yodo1, one of our core mantras is Working in the Sunshine—and it matters more than many people realize. Working this way isn’t just a preference or a “nice-to-have.” It’s a powerful way of operating that gives everyone more agency, prevents wasted effort, and dramatically improves the quality of our work.

🌥️ What happens when we don’t work in the sunshine?

When communication becomes hub-and-spoke—one person passing information privately to another—we invite trouble:

• Work gets done with too few eyes on it.
• Surprises multiply.
• People work hard on something only to discover after unveiling it that it’s off-track, misaligned, or needs to be rebuilt from scratch.

No one enjoys that. It’s demoralizing, expensive, and completely avoidable.

☀️ The Yodo1 Way: Sunshine from the Start

Our way is simple in concept (but requires building a strong habit):

• Say what you’re doing at the beginning—out loud, in the group.
• Share your progress early, before it’s polished.
• Get feedback early, in real time, while you still have maximum flexibility.
• Reach alignment in the open, where everyone understands the why, what, and when.

This keeps us coordinated, reduces rework, accelerates group learning, and produces much better results. Sunshine creates trust, because no one has to guess what you’re doing or why.