Cisco’s CEO, John Chambers, champions a new model for management – one that reduces classical organizational structure and create a new structure for handling innovation and new ideas. He’s an engaging speaker and he makes quite a case for a new way of doing business. Here’s the video linked from MIT World:

Norwegian website Ledernett.no highlighted a Swedish study on similar topics last month (Read here – in Norwegian). Their research found that the businesses with the most potential actively seek their employees’ ideas. So Chambers is on to something.

How do you actively and openly manage the flow of new, employee ideas in your company?