Publication Type: Articles
Articles are blog posts discussing self-management and related topics.
The Last Re-Org You’ll Ever Do
New (and old) thinking about organization design may lead to ever-evolving entities
Integrating Perspectives
How Holacracy gives everyone a voice without falling prey to the tyranny of consensus.
Beyond Serving Stakeholders
Why does an organization exist? I see several distinct paradigms in operation today, each with a different general answer to that question. Let’s look at some of these with an evolutionary lens, and then bridge to what may be next. The shareholder model We’re all familiar with the shareholder-driven paradigm, the predominant model in operation … Read more
Differentiating Organization & Tribe
This is one of the aspects of the practice that people have the hardest time swallowing, but it’s fundamental.
Empowerment is Dead; Long Live Empowerment
Empowerment is a popular concept in discussions of effective leadership today. Seasoned leaders are often aware of the limits of traditional top-down, predict-and-control methods, and many are actively seeking to facilitate better results and better cultures by empowering their workforce to better use their talents and judgment. But let’s take this a bit further: If … Read more