The myth of maturity: understand why your company is ready for self-management
A new movement is emerging. They are evolutionary, responsive organizations, free or organic companies. Regardless of how you want to call them, they share some [...]
March 2017
Getting rid of consensus decision-making
It seems like a good idea: involving your entire team in most day-to-day decisions. The price of the product is not adequate to the new [...]
3 paths to Self-Management
In the book Reinventing Organizations, Frederic Laloux describes the five stages of organizational development, the latter being the "Evolutionary Teal". The three great innovations introduced [...]
Forget employee incentives: offer experiences instead
Experiences. That's what I've been looking for in my life. New experiences: at work, at home, on vacation, in relationships. Not only I, but many [...]
Holacracy: Quick Beginner’s Guide
In 2015 Zappos took a bold step. Tony Hsieh determined: self-organize or leave the company. It was the greatest adoption of a self-management system hitherto [...]
Throw away the “Vision and Mission” and create a Purpose
There they are, the vision and mission of your organization. Where? In the drawer of the Human Resources manager's desk. Someday he said: “We need [...]
The 3 Breakthroughs of the Organizations of the Future
A new organizational model is emerging: the so-called "Evolutionary Teal". Three characteristics make it unique, completely different from what we know as "a company". Understand [...]
The CEO’s Excuse: “The people here do not have the maturity to do this”
"Our organization is immature." "We are not ready for self-organization." "This Scrum thing will never work here." "People have no maturity for management without bosses." [...]
The end of bosses: why some companies are getting rid of them
We see many posts differentiating a leader from a boss. Both occupy a position of command within a company, but the boss is that inhuman, [...]
The 5 stages of organizational development
Do you know two organizations that have completely different practices, management models, and cultures? One can be cold, bureaucratic and procedural. The other may have [...]