Low control and high accountability

I will post more later about the InterVarsity chapter planting conference, Ambition (from Rom 15:20). But a phrase that came up often was "low control and high accountability." I've been pondering it ever since. I have had jobs that were high control and high accountability (like working in a warehouse one summer). Everything about the job was prescribed. No freedom; no creativity; no fun. I have also had jobs that were low control and low accountability. I was always wondering, "What am I supposed to be doing? And who cares?" Some parishes allow their clergy to live in this realm (or so I've heard).

But, the most satisfying jobs and ministries have had the combination of low control (making lots of room for creativity and initiative) and high accountability (clear objectives that formed the basis for periodic review and mid-course correction). What would it look like if our diocese was low-control-high-accountability? To what would we hold each other accountable? What would be the 5 questions the Bishop would ask every priest in a regular phone conversation with them?

Still pondering!