Humanocracy in universities
I recently read an interesting book by Gary Hamel called Humanocracy, in which he argues for replacing traditional, top-down bureaucratic structures with more decentralized, people-centric organizations. Ultimately, his goal is to “empower” individuals to innovate and make decisions at all levels, rather than relying on rigid hierarchies. He introduces two approaches: “Swarm of hacks”: This means encouraging lots of small, grassroots experiments or improvements by individuals or teams, rather than waiting for big, top-down changes....