Doug Kirkpatrick on Transforming Organisations Towards Empowered Self-Organising Teams

In this podcast Shane Hastie, InfoQ Lead Editor for Culture & Methods, spoke to Doug Kirkpatrick, organisational change expert, author and advocate for new ways of working. Why listen to this podcast: • Decentralization is replacing hierarchy and bureaucracy. Organisations need to be directly connected to the outside world and agilely adapt to changes in their ecosystems • The idea of people managing other people will fade and be replaced by people connecting to a mission and meaning, and managing themselves in the same way they manage themselves in their lives • Mandating a change is command and control in a different guise – people need to be part of the change and opt in to be part of the changed organisation • Two simple, yet profound, principles: o No use of force – abandon command and control authority o People keep commitments that they make • Speaking up when something seems wrong is a crucial self-managing competency. If you choose not to speak up about a particular issue, you have chosen to tolerate it Notes and links can be found on: http://bit.ly/2l35tWS You can also subscribe to the InfoQ newsletter to receive weekly updates on the hottest topics from professional software development. bit.ly/24x3IVq