Michael J. Sikorsky, CEO and co-founder Robots and Pencils, sees a world where AI and technology are operating autonomously, with little need for continuous oversight. This is increasingly the case with human talent as well, he explained in a recent appearance on DisrupTV, hosted by R. “Ray” Wang and Vala Ashfar. “AIs don’t ask for permission,” Sikorsky says. “I also think that the next generation of talent aren’t ready to ask for permission either. We’re in the fourth industrial revolution. First you have the technology that comes to disrupt, but first you have to your business model. And underneath that you have to disrupt your organizational design.”
Such an organizational design can be the competitive advantage, and offers optimal speed. What will this new organizational design look like? Sikorsky, who practices what he preaches within his own company, envisions a “permissionless” organization that encourages constant innovation and experimentation, initiated and owned by employees, with minimal management overhead.
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