Nov 22, 2016
From Daniel Pink: When we take the concept of management off its
pedestal, we can see it for what it is: a technology for organising
people into productive capacities. The thing is, this technology is
from the 1850s, and we don’t use too many 19th Century technologies
anymore, do we? We’ve upgraded most of them.
Even though the technology of management is still one of the
greatest technologies humankind has ever invented, it’s a
technology with a singular purpose — compliance. Management is
designed to get people to do what you want them to do, the way you
want them to do it.
The truth is we still need compliance in our organisations. But
more and more we need engagement, and 3 engaged employees out of 10
just isn’t working anymore.
If you really want engagement, rather than compliance, you’ve got
to use a different technology — the technology of
self-direction.
Learn more at vitalsmarts.com.au/change