Self-organisation is part of a wider shift in 21st century contemporary ways of working.
Dan Pink’s video – The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us – highlights the decades of research that reinforces that it’s autonomy, mastery and purpose that motivates 21st century knowledge workers.
Autonomy, as described by Dan Pink, is the urge to direct one’s own life. Without the ability to control what, when, and how we work, and who we work with, he argues, we’ll never be completely motivated to complete a task.