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The Lattice Organization - Unleashing Individual Freedom and Creativity
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Article Overview: Most or our organizations are built on the hierarchy principle which seems on the surface to be an efficient and effective way to set things up. Why, then, do we end up frequently going around the formal organizational structures and processes to get things done? Bill Gore, founder of the very successful Gortex Technologies organization recognized that the traditional hierarchical / authoritarian structure of organizations may not be the way to go, so he came up with the concept of “The Lattice Organization.”
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The Lattice Organization - Unleashing Individual Freedom and Creativity
Most or our organizations are built on the hierarchy principle which
seems on the surface to be an efficient and effective way to set things
up. Why, then, do we end up frequently going around the formal
organizational structures and processes to get things done?
Bill Gore, founder of the very successful Gortex Technologies
organization recognized that the traditional hierarchical /
authoritarian structure of organizations may not be the way to go, so he
came up with the concept of “The Lattice Organization.”
Here is Bill in his own words: “The simplicity and order of an
authoritarian organization make it an almost irresistible temptation.
Yet it is counter to the principles of individual freedom and smothers
the creative growth of man. Freedom requires orderly restraint. The
restraints imposed by the need for cooperation are minimized with a
lattice organization.”
A lattice organization is one that involves direct transactions,
self-commitment, natural leadership, and lacks assigned or assumed
authority. According to Bill, every successful organization has a
lattice organization that underlies the façade of authoritarian
hierarchy. It is through these lattice organizations that things get
done. In a lattice organization each person interacts directly with
every other person with no intermediary.
So what are the principles of the lattice organization?
- There are no fixed or assigned authority. There are no bosses, instead there are sponsors or mentors
- Leadership emerges naturally and leaders are defined by having followers
- There is a high level of person to person communication
- Objectives set by those who must make things happen
- Tasks and functions are organized through commitments
- Well-defined objectives are needed
- Decisions must be made
- People must know each other
- Compensation process must be fair
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