The centralized top-down hierarchy is an idea whose time has passed. In our new Digital Age, the world is changing much faster than any single person or any elite group of like-minded individuals can absorb.
This session will describe why conventional management models are ill-equipped to meet the unprecedented challenges of a radically different business world. It will acquaint participants with a new organizational paradigm — the self-managed peer-to-peer network — where leadership and decision-making are exercised by teams rather than individuals, and will spotlight organizations using collective intelligence and shared power to navigate business environments transformed by increasing change and escalating complexity.
Nobody Is Smarter Than Everybody is for leaders who are open to learning about the extraordinary advantages that self-managed networks provide through better and faster problem solving, more effective and efficient work processes, and consistent customer satisfaction and profitability.
About the Speaker:
Rod Collins is an author, keynote speaker, and leadership coach. He is a leading expert and thought leader on the future of business transformation. Rod’s books, blogs, and speeches inspire through their use of storytelling and leading-edge ideas. During his tenure as Chief Operating Executive, the Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program experienced its greatest five-year growth period in the company’s 60-year history. An award-winning author, Rod’s books include Wiki Management, which highlights the innovative tools and practices of a revolutionary new management model, and Leadership in a Wiki World, which illustrates how leaders can leverage the power of collective intelligence to sustain extraordinary performance in rapidly changing markets. His latest book, Nobody Is Smarter Than Everybody spotlights three companies who grew from starts-ups to market leaders by building organizations where no one is a boss and everyone is a leader.
