High agency is a state, not a personality trait
People often talk about high agency as if someone either has it or does not. Ryan's framing is more useful: high agency is a state a leader can access more often when their work, incentives, environment, and tools stop pushing them into hard mode.
How Ryan connects it to Easy Mode
Easy Mode is the structural path to more consistent High Agency. When leaders spend more time in the work they are built for, and use AI to remove low-value drag, clear thinking and action become easier to sustain.