Matt K Parker — Radical Collaboration, how Radical Enterprises do it, and how you can, too

Tiny DevOps

More and more organizations are adopting a "Radically Collaborative" approach to business. Matt K. Parker, author of the new book A Radical Enterprise joins me to discuss what this means, why it's desirable, and how to begin adopting these practices in our own organizations.

In this episode

• What is "Radical Collaboration"?
• What does radical collaboration mean for the business bottom line?
• The four imperatives of radical collaboration: Team Autonomy, Managerial Devolution, Deficiency Gratification, Candid Vulnerability
• How do Agile Software Development and the DevOps movement relate to the idea of radical collaboration?
• How are OKRs similar to or different from the radical collaboration model?
• The "Advice Process", and how decisions are made without designated managers.
• What recourse do these organizations have against potential "bad actors"?
• How do self-selected salaries work?
• How does this book fit into the landscape of recent books such as Reinventing Organizations and Team of Teams on new ways of management?
• Do companies ever fail in their attempts to become radically collaborative, and why?
• What can a lone individual do to begin a transformation toward radical collaboration?
• When is the best time in a company's life cycle to begin a radical collaboration transformation?
• What can a solo founder or entrepreneur do to begin laying the foundation for radical collaboration when they make their first hire?
• How long does it take to transform to a radically collaborative organization?

Resources

• Book: A Radical Enterprise by Matt K. Parker
• HOW report
• Book: High Output Management by Andrew Grove
• Book: Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux
• Book: Team of Teams by Gen. Stanley McChrystal
• Book: Corporate Rebels by Joost Minnaar
• Blog post: How to Run A Radically Collaborative Meeting In 3 Easy Steps by Matt K. Parker
• Book: Turn the Ship Around by L. David Marquet
• Book: Humanocracy by Gary Hamel & Michele Zanini
• Book: The No-Limits Enterprise by Doug Kirkpatrick
• Book: Holacracy by Brian J. Robertson
• Corporate Rebels web site
• MattKParker.com to join the Slack community

Guest
Matt K. Parker
Web site: MattKParker.com
Email: [email protected]

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