The best learning

“You can not teach people anything; we can only help them to discover it within themselves.” – Galileo Galilei This is one of my favorite quotes, as the words fall true. The best way to learn something is for people to connect the dots themselves. That is when you really get a deep understanding and

Montessori

Learn and contribute at your own discretion. If your team or organisation are doing more than three of the listed behaviors below, I call this the montessori-effect. If the type of behavior listed above is continuously happening at your work place, and this is the accepted behavior; your workplace might suffer from the Montessori-effect. The

Gerontocracy

The oldest and wisest decides. As this is a more of a political form of rule, very common before our modern times, it is still something that shows its face in many organisations. There might exist an organisational chart that depicts the lines of communication and naturally the levels of decision making. However, in an

Apple’s functional organisation

Ideal with the correct individuals. Instead of a strict ‘line manager’ approach of the organisation, where communication in principle should go up and down the hierarchy. Apple is and has been using another functional organisation structure for a long time. I recommend reading Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansens article on this subject: https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation