The Last Re-Org You’ll Ever Do

New (and old) thinking about organization design may lead to…

What’s Wrong With Your Organizational Structure?

The Insanity of the What-by-When

When you agree to take an action, do you also give others a commitment of when you’ll do it by (the…

The Irony of Empowerment

A while back I had the privilege of attending a play written by one of my favorite organizational authors, Barry…

Differentiating Organization & Tribe

“It is an inappropriate use of love and care to use love and care…

Empowerment is Dead; Long Live Empowerment

Empowerment is a popular concept in discussions of effective leadership today…

How to End Every Meeting

Giving everyone a last word

Holacracy is a system for running an organization that we use here at Medium. This post is not about Holacracy, which you can learn more about from this collection or holacracy.org (and I recommend doing so). This…

The CEO’s Challenge In Adopting Holacracy

Letting Go Of Power As You Knew It

Obsoleting Organizational Politics

Despite the implicit nature of our expectations, we often apply them to others as if they were…

The Limits of Company Values

Earlier in my entrepreneurial career I set out to build a values-driven company, where deep human values…