Follow up: http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/18/whats-causing-zappos-to-hemorrhage-talent/#443ea49435d931be6f2b35d9
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Max Binder <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > teampractices mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices > >
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