The Social Organisation

The social connections between YWAM staff may be developed and nurtured by web based tools. Check out this post by Alex Iskold.

The Social Enterprise - What Works, and What Doesn't Posted: Tue, Nov 6 2007 2:00 PM
Posted In: Read/Write Web (Robert does not necessarily agree with all the views expressed here.)

So how can companies become agile? The answer is from the bottom-up. The hierarchy needs to give way to self-organization. What this means is that instead of control and decisions coming from the top, individual teams need to be empowered to execute. This does not mean chaos and anarchy. It does not mean complete lack of planning. It actually means setting goals globally but enabling the execution locally. Each team within the company needs to have the tools, the motivation, and the mandate to execute at its best.
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