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Holacracy and Its Discontents

March 22, 2016 By Bennett Voyles

Developments in technology have always led to changes in management practices. Papyrus and writing made the first empires possible, and the telegraph and telephone later gave the modern corporation its central nervous system. As digitalization changes the nature of our work, it’s not so wild to imagine management will change too. One answer may be Holacracy, a trademarked management system designed by former programmer Brian J. Robertson. Using what he describes as “a new social technology”, Robertson hopes to remove what he sees as a key defect in the modern enterprise: the inability to incorporate the insights of individuals into the actions of the group.

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Creativity, Management Tagged With: Hierarchy, Holacracy, Organizational Culture

Linda Hill: “Everybody Has a Slice of Genius”

July 6, 2015 By Neelima Mahajan

Linda Hill, author of Collective Genius, believes leaders should create a context in which people are willing and able to innovate

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Employment, ExpertSpeak, Know China, Management, The Thinker Interview Tagged With: #Corporate Culture, Entrepreneurship, Hierarchy, Innovation, Leadership, Slider, Steve Jobs, Teamwork

The Networked Company: Q&A with Sudhanshu Palsule

March 3, 2015 By Bennett Voyles

Sudhanshu Palsule on what it means to be a leader in a world without distance or hierarchy

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, Conversations, Employment, Know China, Management, Q&A Tagged With: Hierarchy, Internet, Internet Companies, Leadership, Management, Networked Company, Slider

How to kill innovation without really trying

May 9, 2013 By Bennett Voyles

Human beings can be pretty ingenious if left to their own devices. However, with a little effort, they can be stopped. The exact recipe for turning a company into a champion innovator, like Tencent, the Chinese Internet giant, may be kind of mysterious, but innovation experts have some fairly clear ideas about how to ensure […]

Filed Under: All Articles, Best Practice, China, Innovation, Intellectual Property, Management Tagged With: Google, Hierarchy, Innovation, Management, Slider, Team-work, Tencent, WPP

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