Zappos has taken another unconventional step. Recently the company dropped official job titles as part of CEO Tony Hsieh’s embrace of Holacracy, the manager-less organizational method (see Leanership trumps leadership), also adopted… Read more »
It has become a common practice to preach and practice the dogma of cultural fit. The premise is that in order for a company to be successful, individuals have to share… Read more »
In 2014, I am adding a new feature: the Sunday Sampler. During the week I will collect pieces that are relevant to my interests around the future of work, but are… Read more »
According to research by Bersin by Deloitte, the long-delayed purchase of human resource (HR) solutions by many companies is finally going to happen: 61% of HR leaders surveyed last year said… Read more »
Roger Martin, the dean of the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has a piece in the Harvard Business review that makes a case for transitioning away from the 20th century… Read more »
In June, Reid Hoffman (the co-founder and now chair of Linkedin), Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh published an article in Harvard Business Review that presents some new thinking around business operations, specifically… Read more »