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Reinventing Organizations
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Reinventing Organizations

Nelson Parker, 2014 plus...

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Organizational life can be dispiriting for employees. Many people take little satisfaction in their jobs and managerial efforts to fix corporate culture often create problems. But companies can make life more gratifying for their people by reaching for a new developmental stage based on trust and collaboration. Organizational iconoclast Frederic Laloux explains how organizations evolved over time in line with seven historic stages of human development, expressed as color-tagged “paradigms.” He outlines two modern paradigms as models for creating a supportive corporate culture and earning solid profits as well. getAbstract recommends his unusual encyclopedic manual of organizational evolution as a menu of ideas for leaders seeking a collaborative path to profit.

Take-Aways

  • Modern organizations evolved in parallel with seven human developmental stages.
  • In humanity’s early “Reactive-Infrared Paradigm,” dating to 100,000 to 50,000 BC, people lived in small family groups.
  • About 15,000 years ago, people assembled into tribes of about 200 people led by shamans and elders in the “Magic-Magenta Paradigm.”

About the Author

Frederic Laloux advises corporate leaders on achieving organizational efficiency and facilitates implementation of new organizational schemas. He formerly worked at McKinsey & Company.


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    C. B. 8 years ago
    Get past the slightly dry, academic presentation and you will find a wealth of organisational development information that will take you from beginner to the expert in your organisation.

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