The verified library of the self-management field: the articles, podcasts, papers and cases worth knowing, from Corporate Rebels to HBR to SciELO, each with a one-line read and a link to the source. Distinct from our own writing in the Library. See the field mapped →
· Rutger Bregman
Bregman's profile of Jos de Blok as one of the most important thinkers of our time, after research confirmed self-managing care teams' success.
· ManagementSite
Early interview: 3,300 nurses supported by 22 back-office staff and an ICT system.
· Lisa Gill
The founder on 15,000 nurses without managers, the damage of protocols and advice to top-down organisations.
· Matthew Gwyther
Long interview: 'ostensibly without leaders but not without management' — authority distributed downward.
· Matthew Gwyther / Camilla Upson
KPMG: 50% fewer care hours; E&Y: 20–30% lower per-patient cost; spread to 23 countries.
· Threefolding
Cites De Blok's 2015 TEDx Geneva talk: 'If you just let people organize the work themselves you get much better results... it sounds very logical, but we make it very difficult.'
