Mastering circle restrictions in O2
Self-management with Organic Organization starts to get fun when we start thinking about more sophisticated and creative mechanisms to distribute authority. This often takes the [...]
What is self-management?
Every day, self-management in companies and organizations is no longer a mystery and is starting to be discussed in corridors and offices. Many yearn for [...]
Trust in the workplace
Common sense preaches and research has already shown that mutual trust is critical to collaboration in teams and organizations. But how the trust phenomenon really [...]
The end of change management
The time has come to forget the current paradigm of change management. In an increasingly VUCA world, large strategic plans become obsolete before they are [...]
Feelings of a change agent
This is a story about anger. A tremendous fury and a desperation that I enter when I come across self-centered organizational environments. Where office politics, [...]
Synchronizing efforts in O2
Individuals are driven to behave according to the system in which they are inserted. People who work in a hierarchical environment won't escape this effect. [...]
Reviewing work with O2
At the heart of O2 is self-organization. We know that distributing authority and allowing a group to self-manage is far more effective than treating people [...]
The Practice of Reinventing Organizations
The book Reinventing Organizations written by Frederic Laloux was and continues to be a huge inspiration for us at Target Teal. We could not avoid [...]
Organizational Structure in O2: roles and circles
Today we begin a series of posts where we will explain in more detail various elements that are part of Organic Organization, a self-management framework [...]
The shadows of Agile
First of all, I will confess that I'm also an Agile Coach. I've spent a lot of my energy in the last few years helping [...]