How to Maintain Autonomy Without Chaos

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There's two fundamental flavors that i've seen that address sort of how do you make this not chaotic and i think both are quite fascinating. The first flavor i'll call the free market flavor and you can see it in companies like hire and wlcore in those companies anyone in the company can basically say here's a thing i think we should go after and i'm going to start a team to do it. And then other people could say i want to create a team that supports your team or creates a platform for your team or as part of this team's ecosystem. These sorts of autonomous agents are freely either collaborating or competing against each other which is one way chaos gets managed.

“Intrinsic motivation is a great predictor of success. When people are doing things they feel intrinsically motivated to do, they tend to be much more successful."

Matt K. Parker is the author of “A Radical Enterprise”. In this episode, Matt started by sharing his views on the underlying causes of the great resignation trend, which includes the dominator hierarchies. Matt then explained in-depth the four key imperatives mentioned in his book that organizations must practice for establishing radical collaboration, which are: (i) team autonomy, (ii) managerial devolution, (iii) deficiency gratification, and (iv) candid vulnerability. Matt also touched on several other interesting concepts, such as how to establish autonomy while minimising chaos, the concept of a dynamic and contextual leadership, and a few alternatives for structuring the salary and compensation in a devolved organization.

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Career Journey - [00:05:14]
Great Resignation - [00:10:51]
Dominator Hierarchies - [00:15:26]
4 Imperatives - [00:19:12]
Imperative 1: Team Autonomy - [00:26:14]
Autonomy Without Chaos - [00:32:25]
Imperative 2: Managerial Devolution - [00:37:15]
Dynamic & Contextual Leadership - [00:41:46]
Salary & Compensation - [00:44:30]
Imperative 3: Deficiency Gratification - [00:50:49]
Imperative 4: Candid Vulnerability - [00:54:23]
Applying Radical Collaboration - [00:59:54]
3 Tech Lead Wisdom - [01:02:42]

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Matt K. Parker’s Bio
Matt K. Parker is a writer, speaker, researcher, and third-generation programmer. Over the last two decades, he’s played a variety of roles in the software industry, including developer, manager, director, and global head of engineering. He has specialized in hyper-iterative software practices for the last decade, and is currently researching the experience of radically collaborative software makers. He lives in a small village in Connecticut with his wife and three children.

Follow Matt:

Website – mattkparker.com
Twitter – @realMattKParker
LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/matt-k-parker/
Email – matt@mattkparker.com

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