Does a company really need a head office? The new organizational structure of the 21st century is the network, not the hierarchy. And the focus of management should be on leadership, not governance. But how can you organize this?
Happy Melly is a company built as a network of entities, connected through a Constitution, with regular gatherings on Skype. The network is led by a CEO who can be voted out any time. The only way for him to stay on top is to keep everyone’s trust. Every day.
43. tribal leadership
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
44. tribal leadership
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
45. tribal leadership
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
46. again: job, career, calling
JOB
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
47. again: job, career, calling
JOB
CAREER
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
48. again: job, career, calling
JOB
CAREER
CALLING
LIFE SUCKS
MY LIFE SUCKS
I’M GREAT
WE’RE GREAT
LIFE IS GREAT
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribal_Leadership
49. It is a mission that allows people to
go home, look in the mirror, and say,
“I did something meaningful today.”
James F. Parker, Do the Right Thing
50. We must turn a profit while making
the world a better place.
Richard Branson, Like a Virgin
51. com·mu·ni·ty kə-ˈmyü-nə-tē
a body of persons of common and
especially professional interests
scattered through a larger society
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community
53. I think of Patagonia as an ecosystem,
with its vendors and customers as
an integral part of that system.
Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing
54. You can also think of it as a magnet
that attracts the right people—the
right team members, customers,
suppliers, and investors—to the
business and aligns them.
John Mackey, Conscious Capitalism
62. Hierarchies are brilliant systems
inventions […] they reduce the
amount of information that any part
of the system has to keep track of.
Donella Meadows, Thinking in Systems
63. Whenever we look at life,
we look at networks.
Fritjof Capra, The Web of Life
64. Human beings have a new way of
organizing themselves, via online,
distributed networks. At long last,
there's an alternative to formal
hierarchy.
Gary Hamel, What Matters Now
68. cor·po·ra·tion ˌkȯr-pə-ˈrā-shən
a body formed and authorized by
law to act as a single person and
legally endowed with various rights
and duties
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corporation
92. The distinction now being made
between managers as traditional
and rational, while true leaders are
charismatic, is an idealization which
glorifies change itself.
Ralph Stacey, Complexity and Organizational Reality
97. Not to know how to manage is the
single largest reason for the failure
of new ventures.
Peter F. Drucker, Management (Revised Edition)
98. Here is my definition of management:
The systematic pursuit of desired
conditions by utilizing human
capabilities in a concerted way.
Mike Rother, Toyota Kata
103. Since stockholders own the
corporation but are paid last […] it is
essential that they have the final say
[…] on who makes up company
management.
John Mackey, Conscious Capitalism
104. Serving one group at the expense
of others leads not only to distrust
but to risk to the sustainability of
the firm.
Robert F. Hurley, The Decision to Trust
105. A corporation that fails to see itself
as an instrument of its stakeholders
will fail.
Russell Ackoff, Re-Creating the Corporation
106. We need a new way to determine
when a company is doing well or
badly. One sensible approach is to ask
stockholders, employees, clients,
suppliers, and community….
Ricardo Semler, The Seven-Day Weekend
113. To survive and succeed, every
organization will have to turn itself
into a change agent. The most
effective way to manage change
successfully is to create it.
Peter F. Drucker, Management (Revised Edition)
114. I’ve come to believe that learning is
the essential unit of progress.
Eric Ries, The Lean Startup
124. Avoid oversimplifications, like
“eliminate failures” or “celebrate
failures.” There is an optimum
failure rate.
Donald Reinertsen, Principles of Product Development Flow
125. Since the way ahead is a gray
zone, if we want progress, we
must experiment.
Mike Rother, Toyota Kata
126. The three essential steps are: to
try new things […] to make failure
survivable […] and to make sure
that you know when you’ve failed.
Tim Harford, Adapt
134. Pleasure comes more from
making progress toward goals
than from achieving them.
Jonathan Haidt, The Happiness Hypothesis
135. Does employee satisfaction lead
to high performance? Probably,
but […] it turns out the reverse
effect is stronger.
Phil Rosenzweig, The Halo Effect
142. Community of stakeholders with a purpose
Network of legal entities offering services
Constituted management for all stakeholders
Support for learning through experiments