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The Loop: A New Way of Organizing

1 day ago - Written by Georgefrombalena

Traditional organizational scaling is broken. Most successful companies grow despite their organizational structures, not because of them. At balena, we make software that powers IoT devices, but we also strive to innovate on our internal structure just as much as we do with our commercial products.

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Why You Should Never Be A $10,000 Parrot

5 days ago - Written by Joost

In his book The Heart of Business, Hubert Joly, the former CEO of Best Buy, vividly describes the story of the $10,000 parrot. The story is too good not to share.

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Quiz: How Self-Managed Is Your Team?

1 week ago - Written by Pim

Here's something that might interest many readers: a self-assessment to explore how self-managed your team actually is. As more and more companies experiment with self-management, it's good to understand whether you're exploring true self-management, or just a half-baked version of it.

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Why We Should All Write a Letter to Our Grandkids

1 week ago - Written by Joost

"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing." This famous quote by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard really hits the nail on its head. And as we spend most of our days at work, the work we do says a lot about the way we lead our lives.

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Micromanagement: Corporate Disease No. 1

2 weeks ago - Written by Pim

Micromanagement is about as persistent as a pesky mosquito that you can never seem to swat away. It just keeps showing up, sometimes biting you on the leg, other times buzzing near your ear for no particular reason—and then flying away right before you can smack it. And with micromanagement being the default approach for scores of managers in the workforce, have you ever wondered how many employees out there actually enjoy micromanagement?

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How to Become A Self-Managing Team

2 weeks ago - Written by Pim

Organizations worldwide are steadily realizing the need for a serious upgrade in the way they work—and interest in self-management is skyrocketing as a result. In this post, I'll share some of the wisdom we picked up during our visits to some of the world's leading self-managing organizations.

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