Great boss, dead boss
by Ray Immelman · first published 2003
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Your comment regarding technical folks self-organizing reminded me of a book I enjoyed: "Great Boss, Dead Boss" by Ray Immelman. The book suggests that people in organizations self-assemble into tribes, ignoring the org chart, exactly as you note. Tribes are one of the oldest organizational structures, the author…
on “Becoming a Tech Lead” ↗On a related note, I have read this book several times: http://books.google.com/books/about/Great_Boss_Dead_Boss.htm... The book, written in a Socratic style, is about tribes and tribal behavior in businesses.
on “How Cults Seduce and What Marketing Can Learn From Them [pdf]” ↗Great Boss, Dead Boss is an outstanding business novel. I've found his models for tribe dynamics very useful.
on “Becoming a Tech Lead” ↗