Late to the party, but this stuck out to me as familiar: old-fashioned management hierarchies stifle innovation, because they > naturally generate informal rules and cliques of powerful insiders, which > is inefficient and demoralizing, so a new and better system would be > founded on clear, transparent rules. Even better, the rules should be > flexible and adaptable, so governance procedures should be incorporated > into the system.
when everyone knows the drill it eliminates much of the time-wasting > verbosity and psychological microdrama that often turns workdays into an > endless series of unproductive jaw-sessions. There's also a lot that makes the Zappos approach seem dogmatic, but it's hard to quote. Good read. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Arthur Richards <[email protected]> wrote: > While the article doesn't mention Holocracy, it DOES mention Holacracy. I > should have skimmed closer rather than just searching the article with > command+f for a misspelled word :p > > On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Arthur Richards <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Oh, and of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy >> >> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Arthur Richards <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I haven't read the article yet but did notice they don't mention >>> Holocracy in it. If you're not familiar with it, Holocracy is a a 'complete >>> system for self-organization' - it's an organizational system that tries to >>> apply agile principles at an organizational and management scale. >>> Interesting stuff - Zappos is probably the most well known org that uses >>> Holocracy. Read more: >>> http://www.zapposinsights.com/about/holacracy >>> >>> https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/holacracy-and-the-search-for-agile-organization >>> http://www.holacracy.org/ >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Grace Gellerman < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think that groups self-organize rather than individuals, but there's >>>> some truth is stranger than fiction material in here: >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122965/can-billion-dollar-corporation-zappos-be-self-organized >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> teampractices mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Arthur Richards >>> Team Practices Manager >>> [[User:Awjrichards]] >>> IRC: awjr >>> +1-415-839-6885 x6687 >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Arthur Richards >> Team Practices Manager >> [[User:Awjrichards]] >> IRC: awjr >> +1-415-839-6885 x6687 >> > > > > -- > Arthur Richards > Team Practices Manager > [[User:Awjrichards]] > IRC: awjr > +1-415-839-6885 x6687 > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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