Hackathon Public Profile
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on Improve your manager, get a free lunch
This is a great story! If only all leaders would experiment on themselves! It seems like it was relatively smooth sailing for you. I'd be interested in any bumps along the road and how you dealt with ... More
3 years 2 months ago
Are you suggesting getting rid of titles and/or lopping off layers of hierarchy? One approach that has had powerful results in organizations is to rethink the basic unit of organization as the small, ... More
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on Democracy in Companies
This is an idea whose time has come!
I'd love to hear more about *how* you actually put a company on the path to democracy (even though, as you note, it's against the very nature of the corporation... More
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on Unleash learning - give diversity a voice!
There's a fantastic example of this in practice here on the MIX. Check out the story of Rite-Solution's internal market for ideas. It's so well developed (and they keep expanding upon it), that the ma... More
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on Make the conversation public
I think just about everybody's had that experience of pulling the blinds down on what "everybody knows" inside a company. You've really fleshed out the barrier, so here's a thought on a fix. It seems ... More
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on How to move from 1 but 3 bottom lines
This really is the central shift of our time: redefining what it means to win. For way too many individuals and companies over the last decades (and certainly at the heart of the financial crisis), th... More
3 years 2 months ago
Polly LaBarre
commented on C-level Undercover
CEO 007. I like it Michele—anything that gets the boss out of the executive suite, off the golf course, and closer to people in the trenches and customers, the better. I have a couple thoughts and s... More
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