#0116 - Humanocracy with Michele Zanini

About this episode

Mikkel Zanini discusses the concept of humanocracy and its principles that enhance human potential in organizations.

In this episode, we talk to Mikkel Zanini about humanocracy. Mikkel emphasizes the limitations of traditional bureaucratic organizations and explains the concept of humanocracy, which focuses on maximizing human potential rather than efficiency and control. We explore the principles of ownership, meritocracy, internal markets, experimentation, community, openness and balance that underpin humanocracy. And we discuss examples of successful applications at Haier and Roche that show how these principles can foster innovation, engagement, profitability, and growth.

People in this episode

Hosts: Murray Robinson, Shane Gibson

Guest: Mikkel Zanini

Topics covered

• humanocracy
• bureaucracy
• innovation
• engagement
• profitability
• growth

Keywords

• humanocracy
• bureaucracy
• ownership
• meritocracy
• internal markets
• experimentation
• community

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Haier, Roche

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