Regarding Platforms
Why internal and external platforms will change the way we organize for the better.
Talks
Public speaking, private corporate sessions, workshops, multi-day-offsites – if it's about helping teams work better (and produce better work), I'm there.
9 talks
Permission to Move
The organizations that win with AI won't be the ones with the best models or the biggest budgets, although those things will help. They'll be the ones where permission isn't something you ask for. The ones where permission is baked into how the system already works.
Three Unexpected Practices for Better Productivity (Talk Deck/Video)
Back in 2018, I had the privilege of visiting with HR leaders at a big beer company to discuss my experiences with teaming inside large organizations.
The Founding Flaw of Matrix Organizing
Last year I was on a podcast with my friends at Zappi, and we got to talking about matrix orgs – there's an old bug inside the system, and it'll never go away.
Creating The Conditions
A corporate retreat day organized around three stories, three games, and three new practices.
On Organizational Learning for YCN
Last year while in London helping Joe set up August's London office – and to help celebrate Joe's wedding, hence the gravelly tone and greasy appearance – I stopped by YCN to do a quick interview about how we help organizations learn. 0:00 /3:00 1× Transcript
The New Model for Scaling a Company
Three old technologies (rule of law, market forces, and transparency) can help us move toward seven universal performance criteria for organizations: purpose; fitness; vitality; fairness; power; connection; safety.
Designing for Autonomy
Purposeful autonomy has been, and always will be, the main goal of organizing.
Smaller is Better: Web 2.0 2010
Alex and I were fortunate enough to be able to present something at Web 2.0 on Thursday of last week, and I’m happy to report that it went off without a hitch. We spoke about a topic that we’ve both been passionate about for quite some time: