Sublime

“Remove barriers that rob the hourly worker of his right to pride of workmanship. The responsibility of supervisors must be changed from sheer numbers to quality. Remove barriers that rob people in management and in engineering of their right to pride of workmanship. This means, inter alia, abolishment of the annual or merit rating and of managemen

Impulsive-Red Organizations don’t scale well for those reasons—they rarely manage to keep in line people who are separated from the chief by more than three or four degrees.

Digital tools’ inherent ability to flatten an organization’s hierarchy to allow the best ideas and information to surface is often a positive force for collaboration and innovation. However, in this case, one outcome was not so positive: Peggy, the group’s most senior technician, quit after several months.

“The CEO role is the intersection of all contradictions.”

Meetings help employees build attachments to others and recognize that they are not alone in silos but instead are part of something bigger than themselves.

The supervisor’s effort at a staff meeting should go into keeping the discussion on track, with the subordinates bearing the brunt of working the issues.

Green Organizations retain the meritocratic hierarchical structure of Orange, but push a majority of decisions down to frontline workers who can make far-reaching decisions without management approval.