That's a Wrap: Our Top Ten Reads of 2024
As we get ready to wrap up another year of challenging the status quo, we’ve bundled together our boldest, most rebellious reads of 2024. These ten posts tackle workplace myths, spotlight radical experiments, and offer tools to help you rethink and reshape the future of work. It’s the perfect inspiration to gear up and kickstart 2025 with a bang! 📚💥
1. 5 Steps (and 9 Experiments) for a Successful Transition to a Self-Managing Organization
Ditch the corporate playbook. These five steps and nine gutsy experiments will get you started on your journey to self-management, blending practical advice with real-world actionable insights. Learn more here.
2. Managers Believe Downsizing is Effective. Research Says: Nope.
Think layoffs make you leaner and meaner? Think again. We break down why downsizing is the management myth that refuses to die—and why the evidence suggests it's killing your long-term organizational health. Read more here.
3. Return-to-Office Mandates: Power Play or Productivity Push?
Is forcing employees back to the office about getting things done and boosting productivity, or just about holding onto power and reasserting control? We expose the truth behind this polarizing trend and unpack the ongoing debate around return-to-office policies. Find out more here.
4. No Managers, No Problem? Our 12-Month Experiment in Running a Bossless Organization
What happens when you fire all the bosses? We share unfiltered lessons from a year-long experiment of bossless madness and empowering employees, including wins, fails, and everything in between. Read more here.
5. The Scare Them Away Letter: A Recruitment Tool for Self-Managed Companies
Want to weed out misfits and find true believers? This brutally honest recruitment tool does just that: attracts candidates aligned with self-managed cultures. Ready to find out how? Learn more about unconventional hiring practices here.
6. The Fascinating Story of America's Largest Employee-Owned Company
Forget Wall Street. This is the story of how collective ownership and shared purpose redefined success and created an employee-owned powerhouse. Find out what we can all learn from it. Read more here.
7. The Future of Work: 50+ Case Studies of Self-Managing Organizations
Think self-management is just for startups? Think again. From factories to finance, these 50+ case studies prove it works anywhere, anytime. Explore this rich collection here.
8. The Anatomy of a Self-Managing Organization: Why Networks Trump Hierarchies
Hierarchy is dead. Here’s why network-based structures outperform traditional hierarchies, why they’re the future of work, and how they’re already transforming organizations worldwide. Read here.
9. Creating a Culture of Ownership: Breaking Free from Hierarchy
Tired of employees who just “follow orders”? Discover how to cultivate an ownership mindset across your organization by dismantling hierarchies, breaking free from command and control, and empowering teams. Read more here.
10. Unlocking Human Creativity at Work: Closing the Gap
Your organization is stifling creativity—and you might not even know it. Here’s how to remove the barriers and unleash the creative genius hiding in plain sight. Read here.
Wishing you all a magical holiday season and a Happy New Year! 🎉✨
