Featuring Gary Hamel, professor at London Business School, hailed by the Wall Street Journal as the world’s most influential business thinker, and Michele Zanini, an alumnus of McKinsey & Company and the RAND Corporation.
Hamel and Zanini are cofounders of the Management Lab and coauthors of Humanocracy, Updated and Expanded: Creating Organizations as Amazing as the People Inside Them.
Complimentary HBR Webinar
Monday, September 29, 12:00 pm ET
In an era defined by disruption and complexity, organizations that cling to bureaucratic models risk falling dangerously behind. Burdened by top-down hierarchies, rigid rules, and risk-averse cultures, too many companies have become sluggish, uninspired, and ill-equipped to keep up with the pace of change.
On September 29, in a live, interactive HBR webinar, Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini presented a model for creating organizations that are resilient, daring, adaptable—and fit for the future.
Drawing on more than a decade of research and real-world examples, they shared a practical blueprint for replacing bureaucracy with a bold, human-centered model rooted in ownership, meritocracy, openness, and experimentation. They discussed how to:
• Activate a coalition for change that cuts through outdated management systems
• Shift entrenched mindsets that stifle creativity and initiative
• Empower teams to take risks, make decisions, and contribute at their fullest
• Build an organization that thrives on adaptability, not hierarchy
