Management is the business equivalent of the Titanic. Let’s figure out how to do it differently. What if we decided people are adults and can be smart and motivated, and if given the opportunity, a team of people TOGETHER could actually design better jobs, better metrics, better processes, and better division of labor than any one boss/manager/genius/hero ever could?

This post features a New York Times article by Charles Duhigg that documents the surprising truths that Google discovered about why some work groups thrive and others falter.

Ten design principles are foundational to the future of organizations and the kinds of mindsets and behaviors that are needed to bring a legacy organization into the 21st century.