Michele Zanini Michele Zanini

Thanks for sharing these details, Graham--look forward to seeing these fleshed out in future phases of the hackathon! Best, Michele More

Ghanshyam and Polivios, thanks for contributing to such a rich thread. Based on what I've seen at companies like WL Gore, Whole Foods, Morning Star, and others, I think there are alternatives to bure... More

Hi Vivek, thanks for your contribution... do you see any non-bureaucratic alternatives for ensuring consistency, predictability, and cost efficiency, or is bureaucracy the only way to go? I'm optim... More

Thanks for sharing these, Frank--really great links! More

Hi Altaf, thanks for your contribution... it's interesting you note that the "bureaucracy quotient" is much higher at large, complex organizations than in small ones. Fellow hacker Achim Mueller make... More

Hi Nirvana, thanks for participating in this brainstorm... you're right to point out that bureaucracies encourage conformance and alignment vs. initiative-taking--this is a real obstacle to innovation... More

Hi Achim, thanks for your very thoughtful contribution--love the quote from the VP! I've also found that bureaucracy becomes worse as a company increases in size--and layers of managers get added, ne... More

Hi Jeremiah, you're so right to point out that one of the problems with bureaucracy is its excessive focus on formalities at the expense of substance. Sure, it's great to have some predictability and... More

Hi Prashant, I totally agree with you--we're often prisoners of the familiar. Since you've mention Red Hat, you might find these two stories of their "post bureaucratic" practices interesting (one is... More

Dear Prashant, thanks for such a thoughtful contribution--as you suggest Bureaucracy by its very design slows decision-making, and ultimate produces incremental, not innovative, choices. I'd be c... More