If I was at a wealthy and powerful self organizing company with all the things I now know, I would have to immediately start a team and grow it then attack some important problem. You can organically do that at a self-organizing firm. You can't just do that at a hierarchical firm
I mean it's kind of in-between. At least where I'm at. I can't just go off and work on a space program, so there's *some* hierarchical "mandate" about the general area, but within that it's self-organizing.
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I do believe at a self-organized firm if you made the business case and branded it correctly you could launch your own space program. Seriously.
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And IMO I'm not sure that's such a bad idea. I mean there's no universe where e.g. making a sequel to HL2 wouldn't be a solid corporate direction. And yet, somehow it hasn't happened in ten years.. Perhaps some top-down steering to avoid wasting that IP would've been wise.
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I believe very strongly that self-organized workers can fall into a rut and not rise to the occasion and utilize all the power they actually have. So the corporate arm or CEO has to step in and that can be traumatic to the firm.
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The workers can become afraid to rock the boat. One worker said to me one time “Rich, we don’t have the power you do. We must Stay Put on this team.” So the corporate arm steps in and makes adjustments.
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And this is why self-organized workers have wheels on their desks. There are no logistical or financial barriers to forming new teams or groups. Just do it.
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