In information-based societies, networks are replacing hierarchies, and knowledge workers are less deferential. Management in a wide range of organizations is changing in the direction of “shared leadership,” and “distributed leadership,” with leaders in the center of a circle rather than atop a pyramid.
在一个基于信息的社会中，网络正在代替层级，脑力工作者更加难以驯服了。大量组织的管理正在朝“共同领导”和“分散领导”的方向转变，其领导层处于圆心，而不是金字塔塔尖。前谷歌首席执行官施密特（Eric Schmidt）说，他必须“骄纵”手下的雇员。