How Medium is building a new kind of company with no managers

Re:How Medium is building a new kind of company with no mana... by mathattack on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @02:08PM (#6168158)

The Semco story is fascinating. I wish I knew some folks that worked there. The wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo_Semler) doesn't tell much but from what I remember of the book, they cut organizations free when they reach a certain size.

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Re:How Medium is building a new kind of company with no mana... by mikeleeorg on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @05:21PM (#6169265)

I used to work for Viant, a digital consultancy where they kept every office to about 100 (or was it 150?) employees. If they had to hire more employees, they'd spin off a new office. This was based on Dunbar's number (referenced elsewhere in this thread).

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Re:How Medium is building a new kind of company with no mana... by mathattack on Wednesday August 07, 2013 @09:07AM (#6172513)

How did this work in terms of flexibility in the downturn? Did it help that the company was more nimble, or because of a lack of central control?

I'm curious because models that work in good times don't always work in tough times.

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Re:How Medium is building a new kind of company with no mana... by mikeleeorg on Saturday August 17, 2013 @04:45PM (#6230330)

Sorry for the long delay in reply. Unfortunately, this "experiment" didn't reach a conclusion. The company ultimately folded.

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