Turn worries into owners

Why this rule exists

A worry with no owner circulates through a team as low-grade anxiety, mentioned in meetings, nodded at, and never resolved, draining energy without producing action. The moment a concern has a single name attached and a next step, it stops being ambient dread and becomes tractable work. Shared responsibility is often no responsibility; when everyone owns a risk, no one is actually tracking it. Naming an owner isn't about blame. It's about giving a floating problem a place to land so it can finally move.