Insight To Action Inspirational Insights Podcast

 Raised on pioneer Morning Star’s self-management practices, Doug Kirkpatrick knew autonomy from the start. His book Beyond Empowerment: The Age of the Self-Managed Organization has been revised to include updates and more stories of companies taking steps toward self-management and the compelling benefits. In this interview with Insight to Action host and global change agent, Dawna Jones, they talk about:Why the term is ‘beyond empowerment’ and the fatal flaw in empowerment programs,Why the term employee is obsolete and the importance of language in the future of workWhy you are already self-managing and didn’t realize itWhy you can’t be fired in a self-managing companyWhy change is fluid and non-threatening in a self-management contextHow decisions get madeUsing scenarios and game theory to handle the unpredictable nature of financial planningHow big to small companies are applying the principles and practices of self-management including manufacturing giant Haier.Doug Kirkpatrick is an organizational