Modern businesses are experimenting with new organizational structures where the focus is on communities instead of hierarchies… top-down governance is being replaced with cultures where employees are encouraged to self organize and become more adaptable. Why is this being called a “tribal business” and what does it mean to grow a business in this way? How does working together like this motivate people to contribute more?

4. 40%

5. “...the most engaged workers come up
with most of the innovative ideas, create
most of a company’s new customers and
have the most entrepreneurial energy.” –
2013 Gallup Survey

7. Scale fast and stay human!

8. Community

11. Play

13. Play
Shared resources

19. Connection

21. Place

23. You’re already remote

29. Spotify

30. Happy Melly

31. Cocoon Projects

36. Purpose
Autonomy
Mastery
Motivation
Engaged Employees

37. “The ultimate freedom for creative groups is
the freedom to experiment with new ideas.
Some skeptics insist that innovation is
expensive. In the long run, innovation is
cheap. Mediocrity is expensive – and
autonomy can be the antidote.” –Tom Kelly, IDEO

38. The business is greater than
the original vision.

39. Willingness to experiment

41. Cocoon Projects

43. Tribal Business
Network
Leadership
Experiments

44. Scale fast and stay human!

45. www.LisetteSutherland.com
@lightling