[teampractices] Long Read on "self-organization" at Zappos

[Grace Gellerman]

Follow up:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan/2016/01/18/whats-causing-zappos-to-hemorrhage-talent/#443ea49435d931be6f2b35d9

On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:18 PM, Max Binder <mbinder at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Late to the party, but this stuck out to me as familiar:
>
> old-fashioned management hierarchies stifle innovation, because they
>> naturally generate informal rules and cliques of powerful insiders, which
>> is inefficient and demoralizing, so a new and better system would be
>> founded on clear, transparent rules. Even better, the rules should be
>> flexible and adaptable, so governance procedures should be incorporated
>> into the system.
>
>
> when everyone knows the drill it eliminates much of the time-wasting
>> verbosity and psychological microdrama that often turns workdays into an
>> endless series of unproductive jaw-sessions.
>
>
> There's also a lot that makes the Zappos approach seem dogmatic, but it's
> hard to quote. Good read.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 3:05 PM, Arthur Richards <arichards at wikimedia.org>
> wrote:
>
>> While the article doesn't mention Holocracy, it DOES mention Holacracy. I
>> should have skimmed closer rather than just searching the article with
>> command+f for a misspelled word :p
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Arthur Richards <arichards at wikimedia.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Oh, and of course: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holacracy
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:57 PM, Arthur Richards <arichards at wikimedia.org
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I haven't read the article yet but did notice they don't mention
>>>> Holocracy in it. If you're not familiar with it, Holocracy is a a 'complete
>>>> system for self-organization' - it's an organizational system that tries to
>>>> apply agile principles at an organizational and management scale.
>>>> Interesting stuff - Zappos is probably the most well known org that uses
>>>> Holocracy. Read more:
>>>> http://www.zapposinsights.com/about/holacracy
>>>>
>>>> https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/blog/holacracy-and-the-search-for-agile-organization
>>>> http://www.holacracy.org/
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Grace Gellerman <
>>>> ggellerman at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think that groups self-organize rather than individuals, but there's
>>>>> some truth is stranger than fiction material in here:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122965/can-billion-dollar-corporation-zappos-be-self-organized
>>>>>
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