A lot has been written about the position of rules in a company. For instance we have the popular book "No Rules Rules", and also "Ask your Developer" which talks about autonomy and rules almost as if they cannot conflict.

I do think that some rules are needed: For instance even if you allow everyone in your company to spend money in a way that "they think is in the best interest of the company". They still need to do it in a way that finance kan keep doing their job (file taxes correctly, get a good idea about how much is spend on what, etc.). Therefore I'd love to get some tips, book/blog recommendations. On where people should start with introducing rules and how people should introduce those rules both effectively and without decreasing the feeling of freedom and autonomy.

For context I work at a company with currently 40 employees, but we grow with about 80% every year (mostly young people), and I am finding that our almost complete lack of rules not only prevents us from getting some basic processes in place. Additionally, I am afraid that people will develop less depth if they cannot cannot depend on other parts of the company giving them exactly what they need.