Peer-to-peer leadership : why the network is the leader / Mila Baker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Baker, Mila, atuthor.

Series:

BK business book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Organizational change.

Organizational behavior.

Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks)--Social aspects.

Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks).

Business networks.

System theory.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Berrett-Koehler Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"Why is it that the trust in leadership and the success of leaders seems to erode as we develop and refine more sophisticated models for leading, such as emotional intelligence, transformational leadership, adaptive leadership, etc.? Mila Baker believes that most of today's leadership theories are old wines in new skins, and still rely on the leader-follower hierarchy. Yet the idea of hierarchy is breaking down everywhere in society, from politics, to religion, to social relationships--and most particularly in computers and networking. Why should leadership be any different? Baker's inspiration is the peer-to-peer model of computing, which is also mirrored in social networking and crowdsource technologies. Baker shows that a network with "equipotent" nodes of power--think peer leaders--are infinitely more powerful than "client-server" (i.e. leader-follower) networks. Yet the typical organizational design still harkens back to the days of punch-card computers. By creating organizations with leaders at all levels, architects of peer-to-peer organizations can build flexibility, resiliency and accountability. Baker still advocates the need for top level executives and senior leaders, but advises them to give up traditional notions of power and become focused on the health of the network rather than achieving personal leadership goals. Companies such as Gore and Herman Miller practice these principles and have achieved long-term success--Baker provides a structure to this approach that any organization can adapt"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Efficient and Effective Flow of InformationThe Expertise of the Whole Community; Nimbleness and Response to Change; Real-Time Feedback and Dialogue; Summary; Chapter 3: Organizational Equipotency; The Power of Equipotency in Organizations; All Nodes Are Created Equal: Everyone Leads and Everyone Follows; Driven by Communication (Nodes); The Value of Equipotency in Organizations; Serving as an Enabler; Driving Commitment; Engendering Positive Intent; Motivating Everyone to Give Their Best; Implications for Organization Design; ON THE P2P PATH: BMW Designworks

Implications for a New Leadership ParadigmSummary; Chapter 4: Relational Dynamics; ON THE P2P PATH: Google; Relational Dynamics; ON THE P2P PATH: Stiletto Network; The Value of Relational Dynamics; People, Information, and Connections; Organizational Anarchy; Shared Decision Making and Governance; Implications for a New Leadership Paradigm; Summary; Chapter 5: From Survival of the Fittest to Survival of the Connected; Darwin Misinterpreted; Adaptation and Mitigation; Protective Processes; Solving Problem Solving; Summary; Chapter 6: The Flow of Information

Traditional Barriers to CommunicationDay-to-Day Sharing: Network as Communication Infrastructure; Benefits of the Open Transfer of Information; Summary; Chapter 7: Nimbleness and Change; P2P and Drivers for Change; The Space and Time for Change; The Evolutionary Model; The Dialectical Model; The Teleological Model; The Life Cycle and Cultural Models; A Case for P2P Architecture: Herman Miller; Summary; Chapter 8: Real-Time Feedback and Dialogue; Starbucks: Two Observations, Two Outcomes; ON THE P2P PATH: NYU-A Global Network University; A Better Way; Summary

Chapter 9: Implications for Organization DesignWhy is P2P Architecture Important?; The Work Experience; ON THE P2P PATH: Hot Spots Movement; The Work Environment; Summary; Chapter 10: Implications for Leadership; Organization Formation; ON THE P2P PATH: ROWE; Human Resources and Organization Development; Questioning Traditional Leadership; Leadership as a Dyad Exchange Structure; Summary; Moving Forward; ON THE P2P PATH: Paul Polman at Unilever; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W; About the Author

The language of leadership

Node community

Organizational equipotency

Relational dynamics

From survival of the fittest to survival of the connected

The flow of information

Nimbleness and change

Real-time feedback and dialogue

Implications for organizational design

Implications for leadership

Moving forward.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCOhost, viewed July 21, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version: Baker, Mila. Peer-to-peer leadership.

ISBN:

9781609947484

1609947487

9781609947491

1609947495

OCLC:

864141096

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license