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I have read "the book" mentioned (Reinventing Organizations) and it's amazing. Another book to read would be Maverick by Ricardo Semler. The companies covered,

I have read "the book" mentioned (Reinventing Organizations) and it's amazing. Another book to read would be Maverick by Ricardo Semler. The companies covered, from a wide range of different sectors, industries and countries genuinely seems to provide a nurturing, egalitarian environment for their employees. I think that operating from a teal perspective would make the world a better place. However I note in the book that most organizations covered had a visionary leader who at some point stepped back and allowed the company to become what it did. Essentially embracing chaos and allowing the culture to emerge. Tony seems to be trying to impose this evolution from above, which I'm less sure about. (At least this is how it seems many of the zappos employees feel about it). I would love to hear anyone's experience who is working for a company that's embraced holocracy.

anodari 11y ago
I don't know if is related, but it remembers Valve to me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organizational_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organization...
veritas3241 11y ago
I loved "Reinventing Organizations" as well. It's interesting because some of the Teal ways of doing things rubbed me the wrong way because they felt too "touchy-feely" and I thought that my coworker would never go for this. I tried to have enough self-awareness to realize that maybe that's how people stuck in the Orange way of doing things feel about Green practices. Like you, I would love to hear from people who are working in a Teal environment. If you're interested in other books that talk about the future of work I would recommend Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull (about how Pixar works) and Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock (about how Google HR works). They're both fascinating insights into how two modern companies try to do their best work. Would love some recommendations if you have any as well.
- boothead 11y ago
  One recommendation from a perhaps unexpected quarter for new working styles is Gen. Stan McChrystal's superb book "Team of Teams". It covers his tenure running special forces in Iraq and how he rebuilt his organization into one where decisions were pushed as far to the edges as possible and how he tried to remove himself from as many of the decision making loops as possible.
  - jaggederest 11y ago
    The military is big on OODA and accelerating the speed of decisionmaking.

anodari 11y ago

I don't know if is related, but it remembers Valve to me. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organizational_structure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organization...

veritas3241 11y ago

I loved "Reinventing Organizations" as well. It's interesting because some of the Teal ways of doing things rubbed me the wrong way because they felt too "touchy-feely" and I thought that my coworker would never go for this. I tried to have enough self-awareness to realize that maybe that's how people stuck in the Orange way of doing things feel about Green practices. Like you, I would love to hear from people who are working in a Teal environment. If you're interested in other books that talk about the future of work I would recommend Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull (about how Pixar works) and Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock (about how Google HR works). They're both fascinating insights into how two modern companies try to do their best work. Would love some recommendations if you have any as well.

boothead 11y ago
One recommendation from a perhaps unexpected quarter for new working styles is Gen. Stan McChrystal's superb book "Team of Teams". It covers his tenure running special forces in Iraq and how he rebuilt his organization into one where decisions were pushed as far to the edges as possible and how he tried to remove himself from as many of the decision making loops as possible.
- jaggederest 11y ago
  The military is big on OODA and accelerating the speed of decisionmaking.