“Leaders’ fear to give up control trumps their ability to trust…” – Frédéric Laloux, Reinventing Organizations We now cite “The Laloux Book” as if it were the Big Book at an AA meeting when we think carefully about decisions we’re making at Change Agents Worldwide. We see ourselves as […]
Transparency is easy when it’s all going really well. Everyone’s eager to share, share, share and be open and excited about working together in a jumble of harmonious zeal. Until something goes wrong. Someone is offended. Someone doesn’t agree. Someone feels slighted. That’s when transparency takes a back seat to […]
Today’s fast-paced, complex environments require a new approach to communicating and knowledge-sharing. Old ways of electronic communications, such as e-mail (you do know that’s what the “e” stands for, yes?), simply pave over the cowpaths of existing hierarchical chains of command. Email preserves everything bad about the industrial age including […]
Once in a while, a book comes along that validates everything you’ve come to believe about a specific topic or trend. Frederic Laloux’s new book, “Reinventing Organizations” did that for me in a way nothing else has over the past seven years I’ve been focused on applying the principles of […]
Next week I’m off to Houston to join the Yammer team who’s kicking off Microsoft’s Working Social Tour in Texas. I’ll attend the Houston event, but will speak at the Austin event here on Thursday at Scholz’s Beer Garden, May 22 starting at 1pm. The day will include a variety of speakers including […]
