I wish that you would unlock that article. The first tidbit sounds intriguing.

I'm calling total and complete bullshit on "self-organizing." Self-organization as a biology construct (which they keep mentioning here) has as much to do with corporate structure as social darwinism has to do with actual natural selection. One has to make a choice with one's structure, and no structure is also a choice, albeit probably a really bad one. Self-organization arises in biology due to thermodynamics. Self-organization in the corporate world sounds like a recipe for bullies controlling everyone. Even if it isn't, there's not much worse than corporate assholes co-opting science for their self serving social interests (even though they're totally beyond ego, dude).

And anyway, who says that ant colonies, being self organized, don't have a hierarchy? A drone will always sacrifice herself in service of the colony. Is that what Tony Hsieh wants? If he didn't have an ego I suspect so.

I'm trying hard not to sit in judgement of this system, because I've only read a few articles about it, so my knowledge is limited. But as a scientist, the language sounds like eugenics all over again. Maybe I'm wrong. However, I can't see myself ever working at a "teal" firm, as bad as working for a boss can seem sometimes.