The Road to Super Flat Organization #10: Business Management in Super Flat Organization
Dear readers of “The Road to Super Flat Organization.” Thank you so much for reading! Back number:The Road to Super Flat Organization #9: The Road to Non-territorial Office I found out that my friends did not press the “like” button, especially those who often tell me, “I read your blog!”...The Road to Super Flat Organization #9: The Road to Non-territorial Office
So far, I mostly talked about HR and organization. So this time, I will write about the changes in the office. Back number: The Road to Super Flat Organization #8: 360 Degree Open Evaluation From two floors office to a single floor Before we moved to our current office in Asakusabashi, ISAO (Colorkrew, at that time) office was in Yotsuya....The Road to Super Flat Organization #8: 360 Degree Open Evaluation
This time, I will talk about how we set our new evaluation system after the new coaching system. Back number: The Road to Super Flat Organization #7: the Birth of the Coaching System A problem in a general evaluation method Evaluation is a supervisor’s job. Many companies adopt this evaluation system....The Road to Super Flat Organization #7: The Birth of the Coaching System
This time, I will describe how we worked on the coaching system. The roles of a manager in the previous organization Last time, I wrote that we adopted an organization where managers are not there and replaced them with the project leaders as we decided in the management camp. Back number: The Road to Super Flat Organization #6: The Final Touch, Goodbye Departments!...The Road to Super Flat Organization #6: The Final Touch, Goodbye Departments!
To summarize the previous stories, ISAO(Currently, Colorkrew) started disclosing the information in 2012, and at the same time, gradually made the organization flat by reducing unnecessary report lines. The last article was about the moment when we were like, “Let’s get rid of all the positions and make the structure flat!...The Road to Super Flat Organization #5: The Moment Super Flat Organization Began
This series is going to continue for a little more. However, today I’ll talk about the exact moment of the dawn of Super Flat Organization. Unexpected Super Flat In the last article, “The Road to Super Flat Organization #4 : First Open or First Flat?,” I explained how we came to have the three layers: the top, department managers, and everyone....The Road to Super Flat Organization #4 : First Open or First Flat?
“With what should we start?” It is a FAQ from managers and leaders who want to install an “Open and Flat” ideology in their organizations. First, Open The conclusion is this: the importance of an “Open” culture is ten times more important than a flat organization, and it should be the first step to start....The Road to Super Flat Organization #3: Majority Vote Won't Change
Last time, I wrote about making things ready to explain why before actually making changes. The completion of Super Flat Organization needed drastic changes on the previous organization. This time, I’ll talk about how I made decisions and how I moved things forward. Why change? A company is a living thing....Encouragement of a Spontaneous Organization: From Management to Spontaneity
In the past, I wrote about the organizations free themselves from management and running spontaneously, in many ways. In this article, I’ll explain “why management sucks and why autonomy is lovely,” as a summary. The times have changed An important premise in talking about the paradigm shift from management to autonomy is that today’s society is quite different from the 20’s century, where Japan had a brilliant development with industrialization....An Organization Theory Without Managers
In Colorkrew with Super Flat Organization, there are no managerial positions. Naturally, we often receive questions such as “who makes the decision and leads the team, and how?” No managers, many leaders In Colorkrew, all business activities fall under the units of “projects.” If you’re to promote the project, you will be a Project Leader (PL) and have specific roles in the project....Against Vertical Structures That Destruct Your Company: A New Organization Theory for the Century
How Should We Build Up an Organization? “How should I improve our organization which doesn’t seem working well?” It is a question that troubles many managers and leaders. How about installing a “Teal Organization” structure that gets rid of hierarchical relationships and management? It seems to be on trend; although it seems very far from our current organization....