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Holacracy seems to be taking some good ideas and packaging them with strange ideas, like saying that people should not talk about personal topics at work. What
by kirsebaer 12y ago
Holacracy seems to be taking some good ideas and packaging them with strange ideas, like saying that people should not talk about personal topics at work.
What about the Brazilian engineering firm Semco? Follows a non-hierarchical, self-organizing structure. Thousands of employees, very successful. Described in two books by CEO Ricardo Semler: The Seven-Day Weekend and Maverick.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Seven-Day-Weekend-Changing-Works/dp/1591840260 http://www.amazon.com/The-Seven-Day-Weekend-Changing-Works/d...
- simonebrunozzi 12y agoHe recently gave a very inspiring TED talk. That's how I've got to know about Semco. http://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a_company_a_school_a_life?language=en http://www.ted.com/talks/ricardo_semler_radical_wisdom_for_a...
- vasilipupkin 12y agoOne anecdote is not data and neither is multiple anecdotes Nobody would claim that you cannot have one successful company without managers. The question is, if you switch your company to this model, will it be more successful. Unlikely, in my opinion.