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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: 23 Mar 23

Lisa Gill interviews Erik Korsvik Østergaard originally published at leadermorphosis.co 50 minutes 39 seconds Listen here. Erik is an executive advisor on transformation and the future of work, leadership, and collaboration, and the author of Teal Dots in an Orange World. We talk about how this ‘new ways of working’ movement is evolving, and in particular a positive trend that Erik calls ‘fragmented organisations’ that’s happening because it’s hard to scale self-managed or ‘Teal’ practices and principles in a uniform way. Erik shares what he has observed, particularly in larger organisations, including challenges like interfacing with the outside world when you …

Leadermorphosis Ep.81: Erik Korsvik Østergaard on Fragmented Organisations and Futures Literacy Read More »

Lisa Gill interviews Erik Korsvik Østergaard originally published at leadermorphosis.co 50 minutes 39 seconds Listen here. Erik is an executive advisor on transformation and the future of work, leadership, and collaboration, and the author of Teal Dots in an Orange World. We talk about how this ‘new ways of working’ movement is evolving, and in particular a positive trend that Erik …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 17 Mar 23

By Frederic Laloux and originally published at thejourney.reinventingorganizations.com Frederic Laloux continues his look at ideas for when the CEO is not on board. Here are some key practices related to self-management you could bring to your team even if the rest of the organization stays put with traditional management. Can you guess which they are? 5 mins 12 secs Comment guidelines (for original site of publication) My hope is for the comments below the video to surface our collective wisdom on the topic. This could enrich the videos tremendously. Have you experienced something similar in your own journey? What did you …

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By Frederic Laloux and originally published at thejourney.reinventingorganizations.com Frederic Laloux continues his look at ideas for when the CEO is not on board. Here are some key practices related to self-management you could bring to your team even if the rest of the organization stays put with traditional management. Can you guess which they are? 5 mins 12 secs Comment guidelines …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Feb 23

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the first part of a 3 part article – looking at the first tool. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating to implement those methods. You’ll have to do research, train everyone, implement — months or even years of transition time. And regular work needs to get done as well! I always compare changes in governance to beating heart surgery. Tricky — at the very …

3 Tools from Sociocracy to Use Right Away, Plus Magic Phrases: Part 1 – Rounds in Meetings Read More »

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the first part of a 3 part article – looking at the first tool. Part 2 is here. Part 3 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Feb 23

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the second part of a 3 part article – looking at the second tool. Part 1 is here. Part 3 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating to implement those methods. You’ll have to do research, train everyone, implement — months or even years of transition time. And regular work needs to get done as well! I always compare changes in governance to beating heart surgery. Tricky — at the very …

3 Tools from Sociocracy to Use Right Away, Plus Magic Phrases: Part 2 – Make Better Decisions With Small Group Decisions Read More »

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the second part of a 3 part article – looking at the second tool. Part 1 is here. Part 3 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating …

3 Tools from Sociocracy to Use Right Away, Plus Magic Phrases: Part 2 – Make Better Decisions With Small Group Decisions Read More »


By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Feb 23

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the third part of a 3 part article – looking at the third tool. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating to implement those methods. You’ll have to do research, train everyone, implement — months or even years of transition time. And regular work needs to get done as well! I always compare changes in governance to beating heart surgery. Tricky — at the very …

3 Tools from Sociocracy to Use Right Away, Plus Magic Phrases: Part 3 – Consent Decision Making Read More »

By Ted Rau and originally published as a single article at sociocracyforall This is the third part of a 3 part article – looking at the third tool. Part 1 is here. Part 2 is here. Many organizations are intrigued by the idea of self-management using circle-based frameworks and other decision making tools from sociocracy. However, it can be intimidating …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 7 Feb 23

Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans podcast Brave New Work, originally published at Apple Podcasts What does self-management mean to you? 40 minutes 5 seconds Listen Here What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and bureaucracy. But, what if there’s a third way? Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans help teams all over the world discover a more adaptive and human way of working. Now it’s your turn. Each week, they’ll bring you a counterintuitive take …

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Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans podcast Brave New Work, originally published at Apple Podcasts What does self-management mean to you? 40 minutes 5 seconds Listen Here What’s stopping us from doing the best work of our lives? It’s the way we work. Whether you’re building a startup or reinventing a global enterprise, every day is a battle between chaos and …

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By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 30 Jan 23

Being a micromanager makes it difficult to discover you are one. What’s the downside of being one, and how could you change if you wanted to?

Being a micromanager makes it difficult to discover you are one. What’s the downside of being one, and how could you change if you wanted to?


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: 30 Dec 22

What important understandings are needed to accurately grasp how new and different the idea of self-management, of reinvented organizations, really is?

What important understandings are needed to accurately grasp how new and different the idea of self-management, of reinvented organizations, really is?


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