Michael Y. Lee's guest appearances

Michael Y. Lee

Leadermorphosis

Brave New Work

Doug Kirkpatrick

Frederic Laloux

Lisa Gill

Ted Rau

Jurriaan Kamer

Keith McCandless

Michael Bungay Stanier

Greg McKeown

Charlie Warzel

Ria Baeck

Amy Edmondson

Jim Dethmer

Aaron Dignan

Nathan Barry

Oliver Burkeman

OwlTail

It’s no surprise that we’re fans of self-management, and we talk a lot about its benefits and transformative potential. But sometimes we forget just how much traditional hierarchy is baked into the operating system of our work cultures—and of our personal lives. So when self-management and hierarchy smash into each other, there can be a steep, sometimes uncomfortable learning curve. In this episode, we talk with Michael Y. Lee, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, about how orgs prepare and smartly scaffold for self-management, growing academic research into impactful org design, and how the pandemic presented a unique challenge for his work.Learn more about Michael's work here: https://www.michaelylee.co/bioApply to work at The Ready:In the United States: http://theready.com/teamIn Europe: http://theready.com/teamOur book is available now at bravenewwork.comWe want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to podcast@theready.comLooking for some help with your own transformation? Visit theready.com

It’s no surprise that we’re fans of self-management, and we talk a lot about its benefits and transformative potential. But sometimes we forget just how much traditional hierarchy is baked into the operating system of our work cultures—and of our personal lives. So when self-management and hierarchy smash into each other, there can be a steep, sometimes uncomfortable learning curve. In this episode, we talk with Michael Y. Lee, an assistant professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD, about how orgs prepare and smartly scaffold for self-management, growing academic research into impactful org design, and how the pandemic presented a unique challenge for his work.Learn more about Michael's work here: <a href="https://www.michaelylee.co/bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.michaelylee.co/bio</a> Apply to work at The Ready:In the United States: <a href="http://theready.com/team" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theready.com/team</a>In Europe: <a href="http://theready.com/team" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://theready.com/team</a> Our book is available now at <a href="https://www.bravenewwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bravenewwork.com</a>We want to hear from you. Send your thoughts and feedback to <a href="mailto:podcast@theready.com">podcast@theready.com</a>Looking for some help with your own transformation? Visit <a href="https://theready.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theready.com</a>

78. Are you ready for self-management? w/ Michael Y. Lee

Michael Y. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD who researches novel and innovative ways of organising. After reading the paper he co-authored with Amy Edmondson on self-managing organisations, I wanted to talk to him to get his academic perspective on this phenomena. He shares what we can learn from self-managing organisations about leadership and how to collaborate in a more decentralised way without sacrificing coordination. We also discuss his research into the two key mechanisms that helped foster positive relational dynamics in a global distributed team. How to follow Michael:  Twitter: @yanche  Resources:  “Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Limits of Less Hierarchical Organizing” – Michael and Amy Edmondon’s research paper Michael’s website, featuring his key research 

Michael Y. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD who researches novel and innovative ways of organising. After reading the paper he co-authored with Amy Edmondson on self-managing organisations, I wanted to talk to him to get his academic perspective on this phenomena. He shares what we can learn from self-managing organisations about leadership and how to collaborate in a more decentralised way without sacrificing coordination. We also discuss his research into the two key mechanisms that helped foster positive relational dynamics in a global distributed team. How to follow Michael: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/yanche" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@yanche</a></li> </ul> Resources: <ul> <li>“<a href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b3cd0cb1137a6d4c0c877c9/t/5c919b0afa0d60694eebc96b/1553046287400/Final+ROB.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Limits of Less Hierarchical Organizing</a>” – Michael and Amy Edmondon’s research paper</li> <li><a href="https://www.michaelylee.co/research" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael’s website</a>, featuring his key research</li> </ul>

Ep. 41 Michael Y. Lee on lessons from researching self-managing organisations