72 - Organizational Self-Management with Doug Kirkpatrick

Can you imagine a workplace management structure and titles, and that talks about love? Doug Kirkpatrick can, and does, particularly at Morning Star, and in other teams & organizations he describes to Kelly and Lara.  It's called Organizational Self-Management and there are 2 simple principles: No Coercion + Keep Commitments.  Try this definition of work: creating value for another human being.

Can you imagine a workplace without management structure and titles, and that talks about love? Doug Kirkpatrick can, and does, particularly at Morning Star, and in other teams & organizations he describes to Kelly and Lara. 

It’s called Organizational Self-Management and there are 2 simple principles: No Coercion + Keep Commitments. 

Try this definition of work: creating value for another human being. If that was your definition, how would that impact your leadership and organization? 

Our mic drop moment: Bureaucracy is designed to destroy accountability.

Doug shared SO many fantastic resources!

• CommitKeeper software

• Sylvia Garcia of Coca Cola happiness institute

• Do you have the will to lead? FastCompany article

• Shop Class as Soulcraft by Matthew B. Crawford

• The Winner Effect by Ian Robertson

• Maverick by Ricardo Semler

• The backwards bicycle video on YouTube

• https://www.bravenewwork.com/podcast

Find Doug on LinkedIn and check out his books (The No Limits Enterprise, Beyond Empowerment, and more)