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Here's an article on Adobe's scrapping of performance reviews: http://www.hreonline.com/HRE/view/story.jhtml?id=534355695& As W Edwards Deming once said: "Our prevailing system of management ha... More

This article is on a similar subject and worth a read: http://firstround.com/article/How-Medium-is-building-a-new-kind-of-company-with-no-managers More

If you've not seen this before, this TED Talk is well worth a watch: http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html Very similar to the message of this hack - "start wit... More

Here’s a two-step challenge you can do with your team. 1. Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was once challenged to write a novel in only six words. His response? “For sale: baby shoes, never ... More

Here's an example of something similar they did at Camden Council: http://www.systemsthinkingmethod.com/downloads/Vanguard_Camden_HR_case_study.pdf More

This is worth a read: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/wired-success/201105/why-ceos-need-scrap-employee-performance-reviews Also, there is a chapter in The Leader's Handbook by Peter Scholtes w... More

As Jack Welch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Welsh) once said: "everyone has their face toward the CEO and their ass toward the customer" More

It's definitely worth looking at the Netflix 'Freedom and Responsibilty' document: http://www.slideshare.net/reed2001/culture-1798664 For example, this is their expenses policy: "Act in NetFlix's b... More

Hi Michele, Here is a case study of systems thinking being used in HR: http://www.systemsthinkingmethod.com/downloads/Vanguard_Camden_HR_case_study.pdf Sam More

The biggest challenge here is getting managers to 'un-learn'. They have spent their whole careers - often getting promoted - focusing on the people and not the system. Any thoughts on how we would g... More