Aaron Dignan on being complexity conscious and people positive
...nan: There are quite a few. We ended up collecting close to 68 cases for the book. The more famous ones are quite interesting - somewhere like a W.L. Gore, or a Buurtzorg, or Haier. They all have a lot in common. You know, W.L. Gore - they talk about the waterline, which I know you're familiar with. Thi...more
...ook. The more famous ones are quite interesting - somewhere like a W.L. Gore, or a Buurtzorg, or Haier. They all have a lot in common. You know, W.L. Gore - they talk about the waterline, which I know you're familiar with. Things that happen that might be below the waterline would be things where a hole...more
...ings where a hole in the boat would sink the boat. Above the waterline, you can patch it up when you get back to shore. And so, in a place like W.L. Gore - which is, you know, the makers of gore tex, for listeners that haven't heard that name before - they make decisions all the time. And if they think...more
Frederic Laloux with an invitation to reclaim integrity and aliveness
...een pregnancy, and it just doesn’t work. And yet that is the dominant model. It has been used in the climate movement forever. It has been used by Al Gore and by the IPCC, that UN body, that’s releasing these amazing reports.
And so I’ve been really interested in what works then, and what is a better p...more
Gary Hamel on busting bureaucracy for good
...d be voted off the island if people had the choice. And so companies - like Haier in China is one the world's largest domestic appliance maker, or WL Gore is another famous material science company that makes cortex and a thousand other things - these companies give teams the right to choose an unchoose...more