Welcome to StudioBlu, WorldBlu’s new podcast series on work and lifestyle democracy.
Hosted by WorldBlu’s Founder, Traci Fenton, StudioBlu brings listeners compelling stories, best practices and game-changing ideas from the world’s most democratic workplaces.
Bill Morales
StudioBlu Show #5 :: How We Transitioned to a Democratic Company
Bill Morales :: CEO, Tracer Corporation
Can a company transition from a command-and-control model to a democratic model? Tracer Corporation, a provider of commercial aviation parts based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, did just that. Since 1993, CEO Bill Morales had been running his company using the traditional command-and-control model of management that he learned in the military. Then September 11th occurred, and in order for Tracer to stay in business, Bill had to radically rethink his leadership and management style. In this interview, host Traci Fenton talks with Bill about how he transformed Tracer into an award-winning democratic company and the powerful, practical, and challenging leadership lessons he’s learned along the way.
Mark Dowds
StudioBlu Show #3 :: We Vote for Our Leaders
Can a Silicon Valley start-up use a democratic, rather than command-and-control, model of business and still make its investors happy? Mark Dowds, co-founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Brainpark believes it can. This WorldBlu List of Most Democratic Workplaces™ awardee not only believes that organizational democracy is the best model of business, the company based its entire product line on it as well. Brainpark is a software product that makes the workplace more collaborative, transparent, and efficient. Listen as Mark Dowds speaks with host Traci Fenton about why Brainpark employees vote for their leaders and why more Silicon Valley entrepreneurs should consider taking a democratic approach to the way they run their businesses.
Brian Scudmore
StudioBlu Show #2 :: Why Democracy In Business Works
StudioBlu Show #1 :: Is Your Company “Practically Radical?
Bill Taylor :: Author and Co-Founder, Fast Company
According to Bill Taylor, only the “practically radical” will survive in today’s global economy. And he should know. Bill is the Co-Founding editor of Fast Company magazine, co-author of the international best-seller, Mavericks at Work and author of the forthcoming book, Practically Radical. He has witnessed first-hand the evolution of the new economy into a flatter, faster and more decentralized networks where conversations, collaboration, and transparency are the new rules of the game. In this lively and energetic conversation with host Traci Fenton, Bill shares powerful examples of “practically radical” ideas – including organizational democracy – and how putting these ideas to work can help your company outsmart the competition and rewrite the rules of business in the process
