As we head towards a future that demands more transparency and autonomy for workers, the term holacracy (an organization structure that eschews traditional hierarchy in favor of a bossless or “flat” ...

Every day we are presented with new headlines that touch on the future of work and how things like robots, artificial intelligence and millennials will impact or disrupt industries. In most of these ...

The CEO relinquishes power, changes compensation to a “badge” system of rewards for skills and has “governance” sessions in place of daily meetings. Welcome to the trademarked workplace known as ...

I recently spent a month embedded at a consultancy called Undercurrent, watching how they help organizations become more adaptive and responsive. It’s a transformative concept I’ve been thinking about ...

Just ask Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh, who has taken the ambitious step of flattening the corporate organization of his 4,000-employee company, smashing hierarchies and prioritizing teams. This month Zappos ...

For years, employee engagement at Intrust IT, a business technology provider, has been high. Having high engagement and low turnover is no small feat for a fast-growing IT company, “and we do it all ...

Companies like Zappos have created a specific department to calculate compensations now that they operate under Holacracy rules. Through Holacracy, employees are given the opportunity to be leaders in ...

The online shoe-seller Zappos has been experimenting with a self-management organizational structure known as Holacracy for two years. But on April 30 the company plans to be fully manager-free, ...

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Once again, holacracy is making headlines both for how radical the flat management philosophy seems and how difficult it is to adopt. Look no further than the latest batch of stories about the ...