Leadership and org design always involve tradeoffs. Which ones are you willing to make? Are you building traffic lights in your business or roundabouts? Do you want to maintain power and control, deriving identity from your role, or are you interested in exploring and creating a self-managing organization where there is no CEO?
Today we’re talking about the new wave of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), bolstered by the blockchain, but something Aaron Dignan has been practicing for over a decade.
More About Aaron
Aaron Dignan is the author of Brave New Work: Are You Ready to Reinvent Your Organization?, host of the Brave New Work podcast, founder of The Ready, and his new company Murmur, a collaborative decision-making tool that gives everyone a voice in how to make work better, no meetings required. He is also a cofounder of Responsive.org, an investor in purpose-driven startups, and a friend to misfit toys. He lives in Colorado with his wife and son, and their dog Kaiser.
🌟Key Takeaways
Prioritize progress over perfection, the adjacent possible.
Decide what you are creating from the outset. Is it a community garden, a whole foods, a living room? What you want to create should dictate how you organize it.
Aim for solutions that are safe to try. Ask, “What will it cost us to find out?”
📝Permission
To not have all of the answers. Ask more, listen more, talk less.
✅Do (or Delegate) This Next
Instead of trying to get 100% buy-in for your next group decision, ask if a proposal is safe to try.
📘Books Mentioned
🔗Resources Mentioned
Aaron on the web, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn
Aaron’s Podcast: Brave New Work
Company: Basecamp
Article: Basecamp Blowup: Banning Politics At Work Prompts Over A Dozen Employees To Quit
Company: Outdoor Voices
Article: Ty Haney Speaks Out About Outdoor Voices’ Missteps - and What Comes Next
HBR Article: Who’s Got The Monkey?
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