I was invited to write a guest column for The Corridor Business Journal, a weekly newspaper published in my home state of Iowa. My column was entitled, “The Future of Work: Organizational Democracy.”

Here’s an excerpt:

All over the world people are voluntarily resigning from their jobs today. It’s not because of money, the work, or even their boss (although all arguably push people out the door). It’s one thing: their voices aren’t being heard. Workers from the factory floors to the executive suites don’t have a say in their work, their job, and their company…

… We’ve reached a crisis point. Most adults spend at least a third of their day in work environments that stymie them. The lack of opportunity to engage, express oneself, and participate in key decisions is silently killing companies from the inside-out. The information age, combined with Generation X and Y entering the workforce with full-engagement attitudes have shifted the business context and changed our expectations as employees. Command-and-control structures are officially Jurassic. It’s the dawning of a new age…

You can download the column by clicking here.