What would/could a workplace look like if we designed it for the 85% - instead of designing it to guard against the few bad apples?

I thought of this idea while sitting through monotonous mandated training on harassment and security videos. Security - send the new employee the dummy phishing emails. If they fail to identify, then they have to do the training. Harassment - start with the questionnaire. If they fail, then they have to do the training.

Time for #BetterWaysOfWorking

Historically we’ve adopted this idea that people need to be managed, which is reinforced by business books... But I believe, deep in my heart, that people don’t like to be managed.

#SelfManagement #Teal #BetterWaysOfWorking #Agile

Can we please ditch the term Individual Contributor? (I hate it.) What about Individual Collaborator instead? I’d be OK with that.

Then managers could be Individual Commanders.

#Teal #BetterWaysOfWorking

Ditch the annual review (in place for continual peer reviews).

Ditch bonuses.

Time for #BetterWaysOfWorking

#Teal

I think Blackberry (RIM) died because of being a visionary-led company that did not have #innovation baked into the system. A single point of failure brought down the company.

Interesting that at Apple, jobs didn't want Apple to produce a phone. Lucky for Apple he was eventually convinced.

P.S. Another great book recommendation #ModernProductManagement

I am also no fan of “human resources.”

Nor "Individual Contributor".

Nor "Leaders" when talking about positional authority only.

Words and language matter. Think.

Mediocrity is expensive - and #autonomy can be the antidote.

#FaSTAgile - untether work, untether your people, untether #innovation!
@fastagile