Comments on: Money Matters - but not to success. http://www.podnosh.com/blog/2006/12/08/money-matters-but-not-to-success/ Social media, active citizens, podcasting, neighbourhoods and more. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:29:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Todd Hannula http://www.podnosh.com/blog/2006/12/08/money-matters-but-not-to-success/#comment-1038 Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:53:40 +0000 http://www.podnosh.com/blog/2006/12/08/money-matters-but-not-to-success/#comment-1038 While it's difficult to argue with the examples and position of the leadership paradox presented here, I would argue that what you are describing are different organisations and leadership structures. Wikipedia, one of the best examples of volunteers working to make something large scale and amazing still operates within an organisational structure and is lead by a benevolent king. (A fantastic video of the founder describing what they do is found here: http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/jimmy_wales_on_.html ) What we need are leaders who can draw even greater value out of self organising dedicated kick butt networks. In line with your posting, this is where the future of successful organisations lies. While it’s difficult to argue with the examples and position of the leadership paradox presented here, I would argue that what you are describing are different organisations and leadership structures. Wikipedia, one of the best examples of volunteers working to make something large scale and amazing still operates within an organisational structure and is lead by a benevolent king. (A fantastic video of the founder describing what they do is found here: http://tedblog.typepad.com/tedblog/2006/08/jimmy_wales_on_.html )

What we need are leaders who can draw even greater value out of self organising dedicated kick butt networks. In line with your posting, this is where the future of successful organisations lies.

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