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Motivation 3.0: what really drive us at work
Have you stopped to think about the incentive mechanisms in organizations? Most of companies deploy evaluation systems, annual bonuses and performance appraisals without reflecting about [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]