NowBlu Archives
The New York Times: “Orders From on High? That’s So Yesterday”
If you haven’t checked it out yet, I strongly encourage you to get a copy of business thought-leader Gary Hamel’s latest book, The Future of Management which argues that the future of business design is all about democratic, non-hierarchical structures rather than the traditional command-and-control models. Sound familiar? Yup!
The book also mentions Rite-Solutions, one of [...]
USA Today: “CEO’s bold experiment — Management by democracy”
USA Today has a fantastic article in today’s paper entitled, “CEO’s bold experiment: Management by democracy” by Del Jones. The article features a Q & A with the New Delhi-based information technology services company HCL Technologies which is headed by Vineet Nayar.
What I like about the article is that is shows that organizational democracy is [...]
Funny Cartoons on Organizational Democracy
I just found these funny cartoons on organizational democracy drawn by Carol Simpson at DesignWorks. I thought you might get a kick out of them as well!
Inside the WorldBlu List: Zingerman’s CEO on Why Running a Company Democratically is “Just a Better Way to Live.”
This past spring, Zingerman’s was named one of the WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces awardees. Founded in 1982 in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Ari Weinzweig and Paul Saginaw with just two staff members and 24 seats, Zingerman’s has now grown from a small delicatessen into a community of businesses with revenues of over [...]
