1. Introduction: Many organizations have lost their souls.
1.1. This might be a good sign. A birth pain
1.2. Aristotle: "Women have fewer teeth than men."
1.2.1. It took 2000 years for people to...count.
1.3. How many brains do we have?
1.3.1. Three
1.3.1.1. The fully functioning autonomous brain in our heart.
1.3.1.2. The massive brain in our head.
1.3.1.3. The brain in our gut.
1.3.2. We didn't discover this until the 1990s. Why did this take so long?
1.3.2.1. The idea of distributed intelligence is new to us. The idea that we could have multiple bosses.
1.3.2.2. Makes me think of Bret Victor's "Media for the Unthinkable"
2. We, as humans, have gone through organizational paradigms.
2.1. Red organizations:
2.1.1. Examples
2.1.1.1. Mafias
2.1.1.2. Street gangs
2.1.1.3. Mercenary armies
2.1.2. World view: Fear based, boss has to project power (alpha wolf), until he is unseated by the next wolf.
2.2. Amber organizations
2.2.1. Key breakthroughs
2.2.1.1. Organizational chart
2.2.1.1.1. Allows the leader to work without meeting / inspiring fear in every member.
2.2.1.2. Replicable processes
2.2.1.2.1. Farms plant and harvest, just like last year
2.2.1.2.2. Schools teach the same curricula year after year.
2.2.2. Examples
2.2.2.1. Government organizations
2.2.2.2. Armies
2.2.2.3. Catholic church
2.2.3. World view: Organizations as armies
2.3. Orange organizations
2.3.1. Examples
2.3.1.1. Multinational organizations
2.3.1.1.1. Wall St
2.3.1.1.2. Consulting firms
2.3.2. Key breakthroughs
2.3.2.1. Invented innovation
2.3.2.1.1. Incentivized for improved performance.
2.3.2.2. Accountability
2.3.2.2.1. Key performance indicators
2.3.2.3. Meritocracy
2.3.2.3.1. "The one who is cleverest at counting the teeth will move up."
2.3.3. World view: Organizations as machines.
2.4. Green organizations
2.4.1. Examples
2.4.1.1. Starbucks
2.4.1.2. Zappos
2.4.1.3. Southwest Airlines
2.4.2. Key breakthroughs
2.4.2.1. Values-driven
2.4.2.2. Empowerment
2.4.2.3. Stakeholder model
2.4.3. World view: Organizations as families.
2.4.3.1. "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." - Drucker
2.5. Blue organizations
2.5.1. Examples
2.5.1.1. Heilgenfeld
2.5.1.1.1. In meetings...they have a set of hand cymbals, one person takes the cymbals.
2.5.1.2. FAVI
2.5.1.3. AES
2.5.1.4. ESBZ
2.5.1.5. Morning Star
2.5.1.5.1. How do they determine payment?
2.5.1.6. BSO/Origin
2.5.1.7. Sounds True
2.5.1.8. Buurtzorg
2.5.1.8.1. Neighborhood nursing
2.5.1.8.2. "If you want to work for us, you organize 10 - 12 patients in your neighborhood, and when you have them you come to us and we will train you."
2.5.1.8.3. Earnst and Young found Buurtzorg only uses 40% of hours prescribed...
2.5.1.9. Sun Hydraulics
2.5.1.10. Holacracy
2.5.1.11. RHD
2.5.1.12. Patagonia
2.5.2. How they work
2.5.2.1. Self Management
2.5.2.1.1. These organizations run entirely without a pyramid.
2.5.2.1.2. You can't just get rid of hierarchy in an existing organization - then you have chaos - you have to create new organizational structures, flows, conflict management, everything.
2.5.2.1.3. Determining Salary?
2.5.2.2. Wholeness
2.5.2.2.1. Deeper part vs Ego
2.5.2.2.2. Masculine vs. Feminine side
2.5.2.2.3. Rational vs Spiritual vs Intuitive vs Emotional
2.5.2.2.4. Again, these organizations have had to rethink everything in order to facilitate this sort of wholeness.
2.5.2.2.5. Example: Public school in Berlin
2.5.2.3. Evolutionary Purpose
2.5.2.3.1. B's book
2.5.2.3.2. "We believe that organizations are like a living system."
2.5.2.3.3. "Our role as leaders is to listen to...where does this organization naturally want to go?"