Corporate Rebels: Make Work More Fun
Corporate Rebels
Book · Full book; print, e-book or audiobook · For: Everyone
A widely read introduction to progressive and self-managing workplaces, built from the authors' visits to about 150 companies. Each chapter covers one of eight trends and illustrates it with real organizations. Good first reading for a team or owner group deciding whether to move away from a traditional hierarchy.
Sign in to see who to ask for it.
Problems it helps with
- I've heard about self-managing companies but don't know what they look like day to day
- Our leaders think flat organizations are a fad that only works in startups
- I need something readable to hand colleagues before we talk about changing how we work
- We want examples from companies in different industries and countries
What it covers
- Eight shifts: profit to purpose, pyramid to network of teams, directive to supportive leadership, and more
- Case stories from companies such as Buurtzorg, Patagonia and Haier
- What changed in practice at each company, not just the philosophy
- Mistakes and limits the pioneers ran into
Topics: Org structure: triangles to circles · Purpose · Self-management overview