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

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

????位于密歇根州安阿伯市的門羅創新公司（Menlo Innovations）是一家發展迅速的軟件公司。對這家公司的理查德?謝里登和他的同事而言，以上所有問題的答案就只有一個詞：快樂。沒錯，就是快樂。正如謝里登所言：“快樂這個概念在企業界沒有立足之處。當然，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。這是我們整個團隊共同秉持的唯一理念。”

????門羅公司沒有行政管理系統。這里沒有老板、沒有經理、沒有秘密、沒有規定、沒有墻壁、也沒有恐懼。取而代之的是一套高明的機制和非常實用的途徑來促進合作、鼓勵群體決策、提高專注度、改善工作表現，包括：小組合作（而且每周更換組員），嚴格（但非常人道的）每周40小時工作時間制，由同事領導的稱作“終極面試”的招聘方式，完全原創的（小清新模擬式）、采用書面形式制定計劃、確定工作重點的方法，每天13分鐘的全體大會，以及每周與客戶舉辦的“展示說明”大會。

????談到門羅無比聰明和非常人性化的工作方式，實在有太多東西值得說。因此我們很高興計劃在美國東部時間12月5日上午11點舉辦 “揭秘：門羅公司共同創始人暨首席執行官理查德?謝里登特立獨行的企業文化”。我們將探討建立一個以快樂為基礎的公司文化背后的奧秘，暢談在如此自由、實驗、開放的同時，還能提高生產力和原創力，并保持步調一致意味著什么。我們將了解到門羅重新設計諸多核心管理模式的細節。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，所以請把它們發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）。與此同時，一定要去看看理查德參加“無處不在的領導人挑戰”（Leaders Everywhere Challenge）的獲獎作品。

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

????譯者：嚴匡正??

????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.