Evolutionary Provocateur

Dawna talks to Giles Hutchins, a systems thinker, speaker and author of 'Future Fit'. Future Fit refers to the leadership mindset needed to move from 'Business as Usual' to companies that are fit to surf the uncertainties of today’s reality. - companies that focus is on who you are versus what you are.

Company management structures are under pressure to distribute power, engage employees and rethink the role of manager in order to meet the challenges of a fast-moving world. Bonnitta Roy has designed an open architecture for self-managed companies otherwise known as an Open Participatory Organization. Listen on to find out more.

Despite being made famous by Zappos, holacracy isn't flavor of the month. Anna McGrath of Wonderworks Consulting worked with Zappos to roll out the radical organizational structure. Her conversation with Dawna debunks several myths of holacracy being either too unstructured or too over-structured to work in practice.

Leaders and bosses are not the same. Dawna Jones explores the trust-based culture inside W. L. Gore. with long-time company Associate, Michael Pacanowsky.

LiquidO is an agile governance model championed by Cocoon Projects, a values-driven innovation company located in Italy. Listen on to find out what it is and how it works.

Dawna Jones talks to best-selling author, Karan Bajaj, about his new book, The Yoga of Max's Discontent, and what it tells us about the leadership challenges executives face today.

Increasing quality and lowering costs is the holy grail of healthcare. And that’s precisely what Netherlands-based home care organization, Buurtzorg, has achieved. Listen on to find out how they do it.

Andrew Holm and Julian Wilson redesigned aeronautics engineering company, Matt Black Systems, to revolve around the smallest unit – a person. With the help of four metrics - quality, delivery, profitability and conformance - the company shrank in size while achieving quantum leaps in profitability.

How does a business gets things done when there’s no boss and no-one is in control? Morning Star, the world’s largest tomato processing company, proves you don't need managers to run a successful company.

Dawna talks to author and management thinker, Steve Denning, about scaling practices like Agile, DevOps, Lean and Scrum to work in large companies.