Before I'd heard of organisational democracy, I made several early attempts to
include the team in business decisions.
Walking to work one day, I thought "Wouldn't it be great if the team got
I clearly remember a meeting I had with a large government agency three years
ago. I was explaining how we approached software development, and this was met
with considerable resistance from one of
Organisational democracy is a system of organisation that is based on freedom,
instead of fear and control. It's about decentralisation rather than being flat.
It's about leadership rather than management. It's about creating
Over the past four years we have worked to make our workplace democratic. This
is because organisational democracy has helped Agile flourish in our business.
In my travels, however, organisational democracy meets with
In his follow up to Why do managers hate Agile
[http://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2015/01/26/why-do-managers-hate-agile/]
Steve Denning hits a real nerve for me. Introducing "A Copernican revolution in