In: Management
Organizational Self-Management
Consider a flock of birds: They are all flying in the same direction in perfect unison although no one leaders guides the flock or prescribes the direction. That’s how self-managing companies work. Holacracy, for example, is a method of decentralized management that replaces hierarchy with self-organizing teams who agree on a path forward. Similarly, in Teal organizations, individuals can make crucial decisions as long as they ask those in the know for relevant advice – and heed it. Tell that to the birds.
Summaries
Victory Through Organization
Why the War for Talent Is Failing Your Company and What You Can Do About It
McGraw-Hill, 2017
The Future of Management Is Teal
Organizations are moving forward along an evolutionary spectrum, toward self-management, wholeness, and a deeper sense of purpose.
Strategy+business, 2015
Raise the Bar
Creative Strategies to Take Your Business And Personal Life to the Next Level
Career Press, 1999
First, Let’s Get Rid of All the Bosses
A radical experiment at Zappos to end the office workplace as we know it
New Republic, 2015