A friend pointed me to this discussion. I am really, really surprised at the number of comments which have interpreted this post as exhibiting a dictatorial mindset on the part of a team lead. The only takeaway as somebody has already pointed out is that _clarity_ matters, _communication_ matters, and communication has to be initiated by the person responsible for the job. In self organizing, agile (in the English sense, not the beaten to death software development model sense) teams, this is the norm.