Prediction Markets: Software for Business in a Democratic Age?

It’s one of the things I think about CONSTANTLY – the software companies will need to enable them to function democratically. For example, it’s one thing to decide that everyone should have input in the company and a say in the decisions that affect them, but how do you actually execute this ideal and [...]

KAREEM MAYAN JOINS THE WORLDBLU GLOBAL ADVISORY GROUP

I’m happy to share with you that Kareem Mayan, my dynamic and innovative friend who is also very passionate about organizational democracy, has agreed to join the WorldBlu Global Advisory Group.
There’s a cool story of how Kareem and I met – back in June I gave a talk at Harvard, which was turned into [...]

I’M INSPIRED BY JOI ITO

Joi Ito gets it and that’s why he inspires me. The venture capitalist master-mind behinds a dozen or so Web 2.0 companies and the founder of World of Warcrafts insists that websites like WoW represent, “nothing less than an emerging model for organizational design.”
I’ve long believed that the Information Age has now brought us [...]

I’ll Be on Sirius Satellite Radio this Thursday, December 14th

This Thursday December 14th, I’ll be appearing on the radio show called, “Good Company” on Sirius Satellite Radio. I’ll be speaking about the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces that we’ll be publishing on March 6, 2007, Democracy in the Workplace Day.
Here’s a bit about the show:

Good Company
Premieres: Thursdays 7 pm ET
Encores: Fridays [...]

THE POWER OF US

I believe the Information Age has led us into the Democratic Age and this article in Business Week magazine explains why.
The article is entitled, The Power of Us: Mass Collabortion on the Internet is Shaking Up Business and it provides a fantastic summery of why technology is finally making organizational democracy – on a [...]