Norm
Located in: Organization
Status: 🌰 Seed
A norm is an informal Policy enforced through precedent, and without explicit enforcement mechanisms. The distinction between a policy and a norm is whether it's informal or formal enforcement, so norms at some companies will be polices at others, and vice-versa. Some examples that are often handled via norms are trading on-call shifts, negotiating cross-team commitments, and escalating concerns beyond your direct manager.