BECOME A REBEL ORGANISATION

I love the world rebels. One of my favourite books is “Rebel Talent”. I like to think I am a rebel. Or at a minimum as perception pioneer.

Taylor is still alive

It is a story of two Dutch guys, who fed up with the “normal” corporate way of doing things. The bureaucrats still run the greater number of our modern-day workplaces. Most of our current organisational models find their roots in the industrial revolution and are based mainly on the ideas of Taylor. Their relentless pursuit of efficiency forced many organisations to squeeze out the highest productivity with the lowest possible expenditure of energy, time and money. Due to their efforts, traditional organisations successfully introduced strong hierarchies, rigid rules and made work increasingly specialised. That’s why we are now used to shaping our organisations like pyramids — with inflexible departments separated by layers of management. The authors decided to resign and take a road trip and visit all the organisational mavericks. As with most people, it all started with Ricardo Semler.

The book is full of fascinating statistics

• Worldwide, only 15% of employees feel engaged with the work they do.
• Gallup estimates that globally, $7 trillion — more than half of China’s GDP — is wasted in lost productivity thanks to disengagement.