2. # Topic
1 Problems with hierarchies.
2 Combine hierarchies with use of social media.
3 People vote regularly.
4 Create small, independent teams.
5 People work independently and use social media to get things done.
6 How can markets help create win-win solutions?
5. Question # 2
How can we combine
hierarchies with the use
of social media?
6. https://www.yammer.com/ and https://twitter.com/ are
among the tools that can help get information flowing
across functions and hierarchies.
Adapted from
http://research.gigaom.com/2013/11/the-new-visionaries-kris-gale/
8. In the collaborative model, the executive elite
drive strategy and operations. They also engage
in an on-going and extensive process of
consensus building.
http://research.gigaom.com/2013/12/todays-business-organization-is-an-oligarchy-and-that-needs-to-change/
12. 2 strengths of democracies
Individuals can participate in decision making,
for example by voting.
Group decisions can force individuals to do things
for the overall good.
Malone, Thomas W.: The Future of Work, p. 70.
13. Weaknesses of democracies
Much communication is needed.
Everyone’s opinions count equally - even when
some people may be more competent than others.
Malone, Thomas W.: The Future of Work, p. 70.
16. Question # 5
What if people work
independently and use social
media to get things done?
17. What if many tasks currently done by large
companies were done instead by temporary
combinations of small companies and independent
contractors?
Taking this idea further, what if most businesses
consisted of 1 single person?
Malone, Thomas W.: The Future of Work, p. 74.
18. IT is critical to creating organizations where
ideas are shared in an open marketplace.
people get real-time feedback from customers and peers.
relevant information from everyone gets integrated into
peer-based compensation decisions.
http://www.mixhackathon.org/hackathon/contribution/alternatives-bureaucratic-model
19.
20. Temporary, flash communities can be formed to
solve a problem or to tackle an opportunity more
easily, more cheaply and faster than ever before.
https://medium.com/@EskoKilpi/connecting-the-dots-da8c91cb053a#.wxuszf8ps
21. The Web is an opt-in economy.
Whether contributing to a blog, working on an
open source project, or sharing advice in a forum,
people choose to work on the things that interest
them. Everyone is an independent contractor.
http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/03/24/the-facebook-generation-vs-the-fortune-500/
22. People, who do work for https://github.com/ and
http://www.valvesoftware.com/, are encouraged to work on
whatever they want — to find the projects that engage them.
To be done well, this self organizing and open allocation model
requires that people
1. trust each other to make all their own decisions, and
2. communicate openly with everyone.
https://medium.com/the-ready/the-last-re-org-youll-ever-do-f19160f61500#.42d4adn5j
24. The best kind of platform invites people to get involved.
Some of these people build their own offerings, tools,
and applications on top of the platform.
In practice, platforms typically take the form of a
website, app, or other digital tool that connects
different types of users.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/Organizing_for_the_future
26. Consider the uses of workplace platforms in hospital systems.
Nurses must constantly be matched to departments
and cases, taking into consideration their specialized training,
availability, doctors’ preferences, and technical requirements.
Sophisticated software can better deploy the substantial float
pool of nurses and per-diem physicians, and the platform’s
real-time communication tools can help frontline medical
personnel access specialists immediately.
http://www.mckinsey.com/insights/organization/Organizing_for_the_future
32. In any Web forum there are some individuals who
command more respect and attention than others -
and have more influence as a consequence.
Critically, though, these individuals haven’t been
appointed by some superior authority. Instead,
their clout reflects the freely given approbation of
their peers.
http://blogs.wsj.com/management/2009/03/24/the-facebook-generation-vs-the-fortune-500/
37. Adapted from
Malone, Thomas W.: The Future of Work, p. 106.
# 1: Autonomy
People have the power to decide things individually.
# 2: Freedom and flexibility
Anyone is free to work on any aspect of a problem.
# 3: Efficiency
People move to assignments where they can generate value.
3 strengths of markets
41. Markets are very good at doing something where
hierarchies typically underperform.
Over the last 50 years, the New York Stock Exchange
has outperformed every company on the New York
Stock Exchange.
http://knowledge.ckgsb.edu.cn/2014/12/15/china-business-strategy/the-gary-hamel-interview-unleashing-another-revolution/
42. # 1: Incentive problems
Agreements that would be good overall often don’t
happen because they are not in the self interests of the
parties involved.
# 2: Communication needs
A lot of communication is usually needed.
Malone, Thomas W.: The Future of Work, p. 106.
Weaknesses of markets