Global Business Leaders Launch Responsive.org

NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Global business leaders have come together to launch Responsive.org - a community promoting and enabling thinkers and practitioners in new ways of working for the 21st Century. Undercurrent, Yammer, Zappos, Khan Academy, California Department of Public Health and Percolate are among the first companies to sign on as part of the movement in creating a fundamental shift in our way of working and organizing.

Companies are quickly realizing that the old way of working is simply not adaptive enough for today's fast-paced and unpredictable world -- just ask Radio Shack, Blockbuster or Tower Records. Most organizations rely on a way of working that was built (almost 100 years ago) for the challenges and opportunities of the industrial age. Team structures support routine and static jobs. Hierarchical systems of command and control enable senior leadership to drive efficiency and predictability at the expense of free information flow, rapid learning, and adaptability.

Meanwhile, many leaders, thinkers and workers from around the globe have come to realize that today's challenges demand a better way. Relentless technological innovation, and accelerating connectivity has created an ever increasing rate of change. The world has become one giant network where instantly accessible and shareable information rewrites the future as quickly as it can be understood. As a result, the future is becoming impossible to predict and an organization's ability to respond, throughout all aspects of its operations, has now become the differentiator for growth and innovation.

"Responsive organizations are a new breed -- and they prioritize a very different set of values and practices than their 20th century ancestors," said Aaron Dignan, CEO, Undercurrent and Co-founder, Responsive.org. "A Responsive Organization is one that is built to learn and respond rapidly by optimizing for the open flow of information; encouraging experimentation and learning on rapid cycles; and organizing as a network of employees, customers, and partners motivated by shared purpose."

Responsive.org has been created to be the home for leaders and teams who are already experimenting with new, 21st century, ways of working. Responsive.org is an online community and resource, promoting and enabling a fundamental shift in the way businesses work and organize.

"We're at the precipice of a generational shift in how companies organize, operate and serve their customers," said Adam Pisoni, Co-founder, Yammer and Responsive.org. "There are so many business leaders and employees already thinking deeply about these shifts. The purpose of this community is to create a common language and framework around which like-minded people can connect and develop the deeper insights necessary to act."

Responsive.org aims to support the growing community by promoting and enabling a fundamental shift in our way of working and organizing in the 21st Century. Responsive.org will offer both practitioners of Responsive organizing, as well as brands seeking to transform their organizations:

• Tools and methodologies for practicing new ways of working
• Access to a community of practitioners and experts
• Connection to the global communities who are currently learning and practicing Responsive techniques

The site will continue to evolve as more organizations and individuals join.

About Responsive.org

Responsive.org aims to develop a shared language and community that promotes and enables a fundamental shift in our way of working and organizing. We aspire to act as the central hub for Responsive thinkers and practitioners. It is governed using Holacracy by several individuals across several organizations. For more information please visit responsive.org.

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SOURCE Undercurrent

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