The web has evolved faster than anything human beings have ever created-largely, because it is not a hierarchy. The web is all periphery and no center. In that sense, it is a direct affront to the organizational model that has predominated since the beginnings of human history. No wonder managers feel a little queasy when they venture into the far reaches of cyberspace, like space travelers who've arrive on a planet where up is down and down is up." "We must now face the obvious question: What is the chance that tomorrow's most successful organizations will be as different from today's corporate behemoths as the Internet is different from plain old telephone service? The answer: A lot higher than you think. Unlike your company, the Internet already is adaptable, innovative and engaging. "We have for many decades been living in a "post-industrial" society. I believe we are now on the verge of a "post-managerial" society, perhaps even a "post-organizational society. Before you start hyper-ventilating, let me assure you that this doesn't mean a future without managers. Just as the coming of the knowledge economy didn't herald the death of heavy industry, a "post-managerial" economy won't be entirely free of administrators and overseers. But it does imply a future in supervisors, which the "work of management" is less and less the responsibility of "managers." To be sure, activities will still need to be coordinated, individual efforts aligned relationships nurtured, objectives decided upon, and knowledge disseminated. But increasingly, this work will be distributed out to those on the periphery