The typical structure of today's corporate organization was essentially
invented in the nineteenth century and based deliberately on the
military's "command and control" model and on the hierarchical pyramid
of the Catholic Church. As such, it is outmoded and not equipped to
deliver corporate success in the 21st century. My Steam Engine is Broken
calls on a new generation of organizational leaders to stop trying to
fix a broken and outmoded structure, and to create new, successful
working structures that work with, not against, people's natural modes
of behavior. The authors explore the way in which the Steam Engine
organizational model is no longer offering job satisfaction to its
managers precisely (and paradoxically) because managers are not being
enabled, and are often being prevented, from delivering what the
organization most needs from them: self-direction, innovation,
leadership and heartfelt commitment.