By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 19 May 23
By Perttu Salovaara and originally published at corporate-rebels.com Instead of self-management, Columbia Road, the digital sales agency based in Finland, replaces traditional hierarchy with community-led practices. What are these? Columbia Road, the Nordic digital sales agency with 150+ employees, describes itself as a flat-hierarchy organisation. Instead of self-management â which creates an image of endless individual freedom â they talk about community-led organizing. âFor us, âself-managedâ gave a wrong connotation. Not everybody does their own thing or works in silos. We usually work in cross-competence teams, and in client environments where collaboration is key to success. The Finnish word yhteisöohjautuvuus, which …
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By Perttu Salovaara and originally published at corporate-rebels.com Instead of self-management, Columbia Road, the digital sales agency based in Finland, replaces traditional hierarchy with community-led practices. What are these? Columbia Road, the Nordic digital sales agency with 150+ employees, describes itself as a flat-hierarchy organisation. Instead of self-management â which creates an image of endless individual freedom â they talk …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 10 Apr 23
Note from EE Magazine: We recently published an update about an orgnization that had a positive evolution over the years. Itâs a nice contrast to this sad story of Zappos. By Joost Minnaar and originally published on corporate rebels Last month, I wrote a short piece about how Southwest Airlines was failing its once world-famous status as a progressive firm. Unfortunately, we have another: Zappos, once the American poster child of a pioneering organization, seems to have reverted to the traditional management practices of its mother company, Amazon. And itâs a shame. Last month, Zappos laid off 300 employeesâalmost 20% …
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Note from EE Magazine: We recently published an update about an orgnization that had a positive evolution over the years. Itâs a nice contrast to this sad story of Zappos. By Joost Minnaar and originally published on corporate rebels Last month, I wrote a short piece about how Southwest Airlines was failing its once world-famous status as a progressive firm. …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 23 Mar 23
By Alexander Vuylsteke for Enlivening Edge Magazine Note from Enlivening Edge Magazine: This update about a success offers a nice contrast to the sad update about Zappos we will publish soon. Yools is a digital agency for SMEs that I ran for 9 years. The company was founded in 2012 with a low-price strategy to enter a highly competitive market. Although we were able to gain some market share, in 2016 the company was still not profitable and the team was burning out. Something had to be done. Inspired by examples such as Netflix, Ricardo Semler and those in Reinventing …
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By Alexander Vuylsteke for Enlivening Edge Magazine Note from Enlivening Edge Magazine: This update about a success offers a nice contrast to the sad update about Zappos we will publish soon. Yools is a digital agency for SMEs that I ran for 9 years. The company was founded in 2012 with a low-price strategy to enter a highly competitive market. …
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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 14 Feb 23
By Jean-Paul Munsch for Enlivening Edge Magazine Jean-Paul will be the Storyteller for Enlivening Edge âs First-Thursday Community Conversation on March 2. Heâll share how Teal teacher training is exhausting, incredibly enjoyable, and not always comfortable for the instructors. Register by February 26 to receive access information. Find other EE Magazine articles by or mentioning Jean-Paul here. Progress in the education system means, to me at the moment, an entanglement of a bureaucratic logic and a logic of increase. According to the theory of Spiral Dynamics this includes a progress from the Blue worldview to the next stage of development, …
By Jean-Paul Munsch for Enlivening Edge Magazine Jean-Paul will be the Storyteller for Enlivening Edge âs First-Thursday Community Conversation on March 2. Heâll share how Teal teacher training is exhausting, incredibly enjoyable, and not always comfortable for the instructors. Register by February 26 to receive access information. Find other EE Magazine articles by or mentioning Jean-Paul here. Progress in the …
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Jan 23
What experiences from being a leader in a next-stage organization might be useable in a large traditional multinational?
What experiences from being a leader in a next-stage organization might be useable in a large traditional multinational?
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Jan 23
How has it been possible for a large public sector organization to take a step into self-management via self-governing teams?
How has it been possible for a large public sector organization to take a step into self-management via self-governing teams?
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Dec 22
Which changes in this construction company brought in self-management that resolved some organizational challenges faced by many?
Which changes in this construction company brought in self-management that resolved some organizational challenges faced by many?
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 6 Dec 22
From employee-designed processes to unique office space, hear directly from founders how a global company, 900+ employees, expermimented in self-organization.
From employee-designed processes to unique office space, hear directly from founders how a global company, 900+ employees, expermimented in self-organization.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Nov 22
Methods and tools used by three large organizations deal with task allocation, leadership, decisions, and coordination.
Methods and tools used by three large organizations deal with task allocation, leadership, decisions, and coordination.
By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 18 Nov 22
How do these 3 large organizations deal with motivation, compensation, and performance reviews, without middle managers?
How do these 3 large organizations deal with motivation, compensation, and performance reviews, without middle managers?
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