Adhocracy: The Power to Change

In his 1990 book, Adhocracy: The Power To Change, author Robert H. Waterman defined “adhocracy” as “any organization form that challenges the bureaucracy in order to embrace the new. It cuts through organizational charts, departments, functions, job descriptions, hierarchy, and tradition like a hot knife through butter.” Adhocracies, argues Waterman, can help speed change even at sclerotic...