<aside> 💡 Here are some carefully curated resources for those who are new to New Ways of Working (NWOW) and those who want to better understand the ‘why’ behind NWOW. I recommend working through these before returning to the Playbook to explore one or two patterns.
As each NWOW journey is unique, there’s no ‘right’ place to start, so when returning to the Playbook begin with a pattern that feels most needed by your team (be sure to ask them).
Good luck!
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The way we work is broken. Here's the evidence | Corporate Rebels (5 mins)
This explains the ‘why’ behind New Ways of Working and the problem we are working to solve - that 85% of us are disengaged at work!
Why the command-and-control mindset is killing your company | Corporate Rebels (6 mins)
This explains some history, the origins of our current management beliefs and why they are no longer fit for purpose.
Chuck Blakeman on rehumanising organisations | Leadermorphosis (55 mins)
Although we’ve left the technologies of the industrialist age behind, outdated assumptions and practices are still very much alive in most workplaces today. Chuck shares insights about the origins of management versus leadership, distributed decision-making, and how to unlearn old habits to shift our organisational culture into ‘the participation age’.
Gary Hamel on busting bureaucracy for good | Leadermorphosis (51 mins)
Gary Hamel is one of the world’s leading business thinkers, Professor at London Business School and director of The Management Lab. In this conversation, we talk about how we can bust bureaucracy for good, make our organisations more experimental, and reinvent what it means to be a leader.
Brave New Work: Google talk | Aaron Dignan (45 mins, plus Q&A)
The way we work is broken. It takes forever to get anything done. Meetings and emails are incessant. Bureaucracy stifles talent and creativity. After decades of management theory and multiple waves of technological and societal change, is this really the best we can do? Aaron Dignan teaches companies how to eliminate red tape, tap into collective intelligence, and rethink long-held traditions that no longer make sense.
Humanocracy Insights video series | Gary Hamel (28 mins)
Humanocracy makes a passionate, data-driven argument for excising bureaucracy and replacing it with something better. Drawing on more than a decade of research, and packed with practical examples, Humanocracy lays out a detailed blueprint for creating organizations that are as inspired and ingenious as the human beings inside them.
Turn the Ship Around! | David Marquet (9 mins)
A true story of turning followers into leaders is brought to life in this wonderful animation. Turn the Ship Around reveals how a United States Navy captain managed to turn a dissatisfied submarine crew into a formidable and respected team. But how did he do it? By changing the way we think about leadership, this story will show you that inside, we all have the power to be leaders.
The million-dollar question every organization needs to answer | Corporate Rebels (6 mins)
A helpful summary of some of the approaches you can take to begin your new ways of working journey and address the problems outlined above.
<aside> 🚀 If you’d like to join a cohort to explore some of the patterns & build your experimentation muscle, join my New Ways of Working Online Course. It’s an awesome way to practice.
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