Reinvent the means of control

“We need control systems that shape rather than stifle human contribution.”

Traditional control systems ensure high levels of compliance but do so at the expense of employee creativity, entrepreneurship, and engagement. To overcome the discipline-versus-innovation trade-off, tomorrow’s control systems will need to rely more on peer review and less on top-down supervision. They must leverage the power of shared values and aspirations while loosening the straitjacket of rules and strictures. The goal: organizations filled with people whose motivation and discipline comes from within.

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Chief Devil’s Advocate – company ombudsman of business interest

Outside the world of academics popular culture splendidly captured the corporate imperative with the clarion call of “Show me the money!” That demand is more incessant today with an ever... Read more

Hack by János Pál NÉMETH on December 15, 2011 0 Comments

Arabian Knights. A tale of leadership transformation with Iraqi Deans.

The Foundation for Technical Education in Iraq wanted a world-class development model for its College CEO's (Deans). It drew from the UK's acclaimed leadership development programme for College... Read more

Story by Tony Nelson on January 17, 2012 46 Comments

The Deliberative Corporation

The Deliberative Corporation is a technology-supported process for sustainable decision-making. It allows any organization or governing group to consult its population. The process builds trust... Read more

Hack by James Fishkin on August 23, 2011 59 Comments

Leading the “uncontrollable”.........a practical approach.

The idea of driving the personal growth of independent sales contractors to achieve more sales, especially when you will be using their targets to be communicated from the bottom up in determining... Read more

Hack by Gerhard Verwey on July 17, 2011 2 Comments

Social Architecture (a manifesto)

This manifesto is aimed at any organizational leader or citizen interested in promoting change. In this manifesto I argue that the digital economy has shifted the point of gravity from control to co-... Read more

Hack by Luc Galoppin on February 1, 2012 19 Comments

Taking reality seriously - towards a more self-regulating management model at Statoil

At Statoil, we try to take reality seriously, not just a dynamic and unpredictable business environment, but also all the competent and responsible people in the company. It sounds obvious, but... Read more

Story by Bjarte Bogsnes on February 3, 2012 28 Comments

Innovation Democracy: W.L. Gore's Original Management Model

With Shirley Spence It’s hard to talk about management innovation without tipping your hat to W.L. Gore, the venerable maker of Gore-Tex and a host of other pioneering materials and products as... Read more

Story by Gary Hamel on December 29, 2010 10 Comments

Measure Management 2.0 with CRI for Real-Time Management/Operational Control/Profit

Relationships drive business. Within the chaotic crush of interaction data coming off the Internet, smart mobile devices, Social Media, and Communities, is pure customer relationship gold. Three CRI... Read more

Hack by Linda Sharp on July 14, 2011 36 Comments

Managing Talent - The P-Ring Way

Managing and Retaining Key Talent has always been a challenge for organizations. With high performance comes an ambition to break free and P-Ring provides a framework to create an enriching... Read more

Hack by Amit Mohapatro on January 10, 2012 0 Comments

Employee directed team for a flexible and consensus based organization model

The biggest challenges for the companies in twentieth century are the very short life cycle of products, services, and even the knowledge. In the mobile industry, the revenue period of a new model of... Read more

Hack by Avijit Saha on December 16, 2011 0 Comments

Boeing's Workplace Innovation Lab - Engaging 'Generation Y' as a powerful catalyst for productivity and change

Boeing has piloted a bottom-up approach to innovation in leadership, productivity and new ways of working. The Workplace Innovation Lab pairs 'Gen Y' employees with their manager and provides 90 days... Read more

Story by Jonathan Winter on September 20, 2011 2 Comments

Free to Fork

This hack gives all employees the power to take management’s ideas and rework them to either replace the idea or merge the two together. Taking a cue from the open-source software world, the fork... Read more

Hack by David Mason on September 6, 2011 1 Comments