Keynote – Futurework: Managing Complexity With Simplicity – Doug Kirkpatrick

The talk will explore the lessons learned from the journey of vanguard companies as they unleash the power of organizational self-management. Is it possible to adopt an organizational model linking mission-critical processes to individual stewardship without the need for traditional management and formal hierarchy? Is it possible to slash the direct and indirect costs of bureaucracy? Is it possible to manage great complexity with simple principles? The answer to all of these questions appears to be yes.

What you’ll take away:

• Learn How to Create a Highly Scalable Enterprise Without Bosses and Titles

• Learn How to Drive Organizational Agility, Innovation and Resilience through Organizational Self-Management

• Learn How Organizational Self-Management Can Create Strategic Business Advantage

• Learn How to Slash the Costs of Management, the Least Efficient Activity of Any Enterprise

• Learn How to Manage Great Complexity with Great Simplicity