Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by drzaiusapelord on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:14AM
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This sounds similar to the Valve model and they've been an incredible success. Maybe it only works in certain industries, with certain personality types, or certain types of work. Game dev and shoe sales are two very different beasts.
Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by _Codemonkeyism on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:22AM
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Do you have more information about Valve? I would be interested.
I've only found in the past the Valve employee handbook, some people raving about Valve and some people talking about highschool style bullying.
Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by dalke on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:50AM
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> I've only found in the past...
Your description succinctly summarizes the 7 references in Wikipedia for that topic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valve_Corporation#Organization... .
Re:How a Radical Shift to "Self-Management" Left Zappos Reeling
by drzaiusapelord on Monday March 07, 2016 @11:30AM
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There's a lot out there on "flat management style," especially Valve's verson of it, but I like this simple and short interview with Gabe Newell as an intro.
http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/articles/2012-04-27/why-there-ar...
This BBC article touches upon the concept more broadly:
It is no surprise that this is a difficult and long process. They are breaking some longstanding, fundamental human processes at a large scale. This is a hard thing to do and it might not be possible.
Hat tip to Zappos for trying.