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Whatever alternative set of assumptions you define will serve two functions. First, it will make it easier for you and your colleagues to explain why you’ve chosen to operate using practices that defy conventional management. Second, the assumptions can serve as touchstones for every new practice or process you consider introducing; they will make

What in past years had the characteristics of a Brains or Grey Hair project may, in future years, be accomplishable as a Procedure project.

Peter Drucker.

To bring about better organizations, we need to risk speaking the truth of our soul and learn to navigate the conflicts that might ensue.

This process is so fundamental to collaboration without hierarchy that many self-managing organizations train every new recruit in conflict resolution.

In every organization, there is a natural tension between the need for expertise and the need to let frontline people make decisions.

most frequently selected) option—maintaining a firm with diverse practices at various stages of the life-cycle spectrum—is a challenging managerial task. The conflicting economic, behavioral, and managerial requirements of different practice areas are sufficiently great to create severe internal tensions and stress

Achievement-Orange speaks of organizations as machines; Pluralistic-Green uses the metaphor of families.