I was interviewed by a German OD Magazine on the topic of “Informal hierarchies.” What are they? Are they useful? Why are they emerging? Are they the “dark net” of organizations where “illegal goods” are traded with their own currencies? Are they better than official hierarchies and a useful regulator
Reality shows up in multiple layers. All kind of forms and shapes are active at the same time, some are dormant, some are just potentials and some are in the background. They all have a different logic and represent a different paradigm. They interact with each other, they are different,
If you chose a role-centered approach, don’t come and complain about people not being self-driven, creative, entrepreneurial and excellent. You will stick with what you hired for: conformist people whose main talent is to fit themselves into forms. Lately, I visited the exhibition of the treasure of
I was invited to write a “contra Holacracy” comment for the Austrian “Hernsteiner” magazine on Leadership. I was surprised to find out, that the “Pro-Holacracy” part was not delivered by the prospective authors to the magazine after all. This will be my last comment on Holacracy, as I have