????長(zhǎng)久以來,，許多企業(yè)的管理觀念都是“控制”——控制員工,、控制信息、控制異常狀況,。顯然,，這種恐懼度高、信賴度低的企業(yè)文化無法讓每位員工在日常工作中充分釋放和發(fā)揮潛力,，包括豐富的想象力,、積極性和熱情。

????正確的模式應(yīng)該是什么呢,？想要建立一個(gè)激勵(lì)員工、吸引員工,、甚至讓員工得到提升（同時(shí)在這個(gè)過程中拿出非凡的表）的企業(yè),，需要什么呢？

????位于密歇根州安阿伯市的門羅創(chuàng)新公司（Menlo Innovations）是一家發(fā)展迅速的軟件公司,。對(duì)這家公司的理查德?謝里登和他的同事而言,，以上所有問題的答案就只有一個(gè)詞：快樂。沒錯(cuò),，就是快樂,。正如謝里登所言：“快樂這個(gè)概念在企業(yè)界沒有立足之處。當(dāng)然,，它聽上去無利可圖,。”然而,，“快樂就是我們這里的核心理念……它決定了我們做什么,，怎么做。這是我們整個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)共同秉持的唯一理念,?！?/p>

????門羅公司沒有行政管理系統(tǒng)。這里沒有老板,、沒有經(jīng)理,、沒有秘密、沒有規(guī)定,、沒有墻壁,、也沒有恐懼。取而代之的是一套高明的機(jī)制和非常實(shí)用的途徑來促進(jìn)合作,、鼓勵(lì)群體決策,、提高專注度,、改善工作表現(xiàn)，包括：小組合作（而且每周更換組員）,，嚴(yán)格（但非常人道的）每周40小時(shí)工作時(shí)間制,，由同事領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的稱作“終極面試”的招聘方式，完全原創(chuàng)的（小清新模擬式）,、采用書面形式制定計(jì)劃,、確定工作重點(diǎn)的方法，每天13分鐘的全體大會(huì),，以及每周與客戶舉辦的“展示說明”大會(huì),。

????談到門羅無比聰明和非常人性化的工作方式，實(shí)在有太多東西值得說,。因此我們很高興計(jì)劃在美國(guó)東部時(shí)間12月5日上午11點(diǎn)舉辦 “揭秘：門羅公司共同創(chuàng)始人暨首席執(zhí)行官理查德?謝里登特立獨(dú)行的企業(yè)文化”,。我們將探討建立一個(gè)以快樂為基礎(chǔ)的公司文化背后的奧秘，暢談在如此自由,、實(shí)驗(yàn),、開放的同時(shí)，還能提高生產(chǎn)力和原創(chuàng)力,，并保持步調(diào)一致意味著什么,。我們將了解到門羅重新設(shè)計(jì)諸多核心管理模式的細(xì)節(jié)。理查德即將付梓的著作《快樂公司》（Joy, Inc.）中的主題和見解,，揭秘活動(dòng)的參與者也可以先睹為快,。

????理查德將解答大家的疑問，所以請(qǐng)把它們發(fā)布在這里的留言板上（也可以在揭秘期間通過Twitter的#joyinc的話題參與活動(dòng)）,。與此同時(shí),，一定要去看看理查德參加“無處不在的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人挑戰(zhàn)”（Leaders Everywhere Challenge）的獲獎(jiǎng)作品。

????如果門羅創(chuàng)新公司的原創(chuàng)工作模式背后的創(chuàng)意讓你得到了啟發(fā),，歡迎在Digital Freedom Challenge上分享你的故事和大膽的想法,。點(diǎn)擊此處了解更多。（財(cái)富中文網(wǎng)）

????譯者：嚴(yán)匡正??

????For too long, the ruling ideology of too many organizations has been control -- controlling people, controlling information, controlling deviations from the norm. Of course, that kind of high fear, low trust culture is exactly the wrong design for unleashing and mobilizing the full potential -- the full imagination, initiative, passion—of every single person, every single day.

????But what is the right design? What would it take to build an organization that inspires, engages, even elevates people (and produces extraordinary performance in the process)?

????For Richard Sheridan and his colleagues at Menlo Innovations, a fast-growing software company based in Ann Arbor, MI, the answer to all of the above is one little word: joy. Yes, joy. As Sheridan puts it, "it's a concept that has no place in the corporate world. It certainly doesn't sound profitable." Yet, "joy is the core belief of our workplace.... It defines what we do and how we do it. It's the single shared belief of our entire team."

????There is no chain of command at Menlo. There are no bosses, no managers, no secrets, no rules, no walls, and no fear. What they have instead are a series of clever mechanisms and radically practical approaches to cultivating collaboration, collective decision-making, focus, and performance -- from working in pairs (and rotating partners on a weekly basis), to a strict (and strictly humane) 40-hour work week, to a peer-led approach to hiring called "Extreme Interviewing," to a wholly original (and refreshingly analog) paper-based approach to planning and setting priorities, to daily 13-minute all-hands meetings and weekly "show and tell" sessions with customers.

????There is so much to unpack when it comes to Menlo's relentlessly clever and deeply human approach to work. Which is why we're delighted to be hosting a Maverick Hangout with Menlo Innovations co-founder and CEO Richard Sheridan on Thursday, December 5 at 11am ET. We'll dive into the principles behind building a joy-based culture, talk about what it means to unleash so much freedom, experimentation, openness and amp up productivity, ingenuity, and alignment at the same time. And we'll get into the details of Menlo's redesign of so many core management practices. Hangout participants will get a sneak peek into the themes and insights in Rich's soon-to-be-published book, Joy, Inc.

????Rich will be answering your questions, so please tee them up in the comments section here (and via Twitter during the Hangout #joyinc). In the meantime, be sure to check out Rich's winning Leaders Everywhere Challenge entry.

????And if you're inspired by the ideas behind Menlo Innovations' original design for work, share your own story or bold idea in the Digital Freedom Challenge. Learn more here.