“Work Doesn’t Have to Suck” – A New May Day Manifesto for the 21^st Century

HOUSTON--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--Work sucks because our organizations suck. Our 20^th-century organizations are no longer adequate for the hypercompetitive global economy of the 21^st-century. Bureaucracies that resist change while smothering innovation and initiative. Disengaged employees that oscillate between bored and burned-out. Underutilized and wasted talent on a massive scale. This state of affairs is no longer acceptable. Where can we turn for a new model?

The fast-changing technology industry of Silicon Valley was the birthplace of this new high-speed economy. But now almost all industries are facing the same intense pace of change. What are the lessons other industries can learn from the Silicon Valley ecosystem? Adaptive speed. Empowered employees with passion and engagement. Bottom-up innovation in all aspects of the firm – not just product development. The camaraderie and energy of small teams. Challenges that stretch talent to their full potential. It’s time to bring this entrepreneurial spirit into organizations in other industries, as well as our government and non-profits.

The Entrepreneurial Organization

• From rigid org charts to fluid operations models and project teams
• From employees as cogs in a machine, offshored to the lowest bidder, to creative, empowered team members
• From narrow, constraining job descriptions to a dynamic, tradeable portfolio of operational, project, and leadership roles that tap people’s full potential
• From static, stressful jobs to an ever-changing mix of roles to maintain optimal productive Flow in the zone between bored and burned-out
• From tension-filled (and often abusive) boss-subordinate relationships to an array of internal clients for my services
• From reactive top-down assignments to proactive bottom-up initiatives by self-organizing teams
• From supervisors controlling departments to internal venture capitalists sponsoring projects
• From rigid budgets to flexible, investable pools of capital
• From resource allocation via political games to internal free markets
• From siloed and opaque to open and transparent organizations
• From power based on position to power based on respect, trust, and expertise

That’s our vision. OpenTeams is web-hosted collaborative software to enable the Entrepreneurial Organization, launching publicly May 1^st, 2007. But we’re more than software. We’re an open community dedicated to making the Entrepreneurial Organization a reality. Join the new May Day Revolution. Join OpenTeams today.

Visit http://www.OpenTeams.com for more information – including “The Entrepreneurial Organization” blog, a demo video, and a free account that will provide access to the OpenTeams User Community.

KEYWORDS: collaboration, OpenTeams, entrepreneurial, innovation, engagement, organizations, MayDay, initiative, empowerment, entrepreneurial organization

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