Holacracy, Zappos and Standard Work

According to the Holacracy.org website, it is a social technology for the agile organization, one that bakes adaptability and responsiveness into the core of the organization. One of my favorite authors, Joseph Michelli describes in a blog post, A Case Study for 2014 – Learning from the Legendary Leaders, as: Holacracy has been best defined Read More …

The Zappos Culture Defined!

This is a transcription of the Business901 podcast, Developing a winning Culture the Zappos way!. My guest on the podcast Joseph Michelli takes you through the Zappos company culture now and what may be the future. Joseph’s latest book is The Zappos Experience: 5 Principles to Inspire, Engage, and WOW. Open publication – Free publishing Read More …

Is Zappos the Next Toyota

Toyota has led us through the turn of the century and beyond establishing “Respect for People” as one of the most important ingredients of the Toyota Production System and Lean Thinking. This has led to establishing a culture of Servant Leadership versus the more traditional command and control type organization. This type of thinking in Read More …