User:Addrokk/Noded

Basics
The Noded idea has much in common with social networks. //EXEMPEL, SOM DU SER DET?//

Unlike social networks, the goal with a Noded network is not size. Instead the aim is flexibility and efficiency in order to grow a businesses without the traditional costs associated with growth.

The main "feature" of a Noded type professional is the he or she wants to set their own goals and build a business based on their own values.

In traditional organisations this is not an option. That is why the Noded idea is so appealing to knowledge workers. Individualism is not accepted, it's celebrated. There are no common values or visions to subscribe too, only personal contributions; like your knowledge. Nothing else.

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The inherent diversity of Noded teams are one of its main strengths. And it has to be, since the non-hierarchical structure of a Noded team means that new people are constantly rotated in and out of project teams; contributors and clients alike.

Unlike traditional organisations, where there are employers and employees, there is no such thing as a "non contributing" team member in a Noded team.

Every individual Node needs to successfully manage their own business in order to contribute to the Noded team.

The ovear-reaching goal of a Noded team should be to function as the "vehicle" with which the individual team members can reach their individual goals. This means it's perfectly acceptable for a team member to not participate in joint projects for longer or shorter periods of time.

The Noded network itself shall not have a goal. The minute you start defining common goals and values you start acting as traditional organisations and you will become dependent on eachother. Some people will become leaders and others followers.

Noded teams are 100% about the individual. This means anyone can fit in to a Noded team. The traditional member is a freelancer who is happy to work for herself, but it can just as easily be a person who is building a 15-person company, or someone who is an employee at a company.

A single Noded team can accommodate them all and everyone will benefit. A traditional organisation would descend in to chaos.

The freelancer may help the company builder to get started on their 15-person company, while the entrepreneur may learn from the person who is employed by someone else. As long as it makes sense for them, they work together. At some point the collaboration has brought them closer to their individual goals and they may go their separate ways.

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Traditional organisations care about the longterm organisational development. The individual employees are interchangeable.

Noded teams exist to facilitate the individual team members' goals. The organisation is interchangeable.

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Noded teams allow people to take on different roles depending on the project. In project A you are the PM, in project B the developer and in project C you manage the client. This has countless benefits, including helping you to keep an open mind and learn new things about your industry. It also keeps you humble and respectful of people around you; tomorrow they may be in your situation.

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Traditional Organisations and Distributed Teams - Short term personal goals. Longterm organisational goals. - Fixed values, vision and culture. - Top down leadership no matter how flat the organisation. - Fixed leadership - Leaders and followers

Noded teams - Long term personal goals. Short term organisational goals. - Individual values, vision and culture. The combination of them is put to the test in every project. - Rotating leadership (Noded teams have structure and "hierarchy" but it changes from project to project) - Equal team membership