Michael Y. Lee is an Assistant Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD who researches novel and innovative ways of organising. After reading the paper he co-authored with Amy Edmondson on self-managing organisations, I wanted to talk to him to get his academic perspective on this phenomena. He shares what we can learn from self-managing organisations about leadership and how to collaborate in a more decentralised way without sacrificing coordination. We also discuss his research into the two key mechanisms that helped foster positive relational dynamics in a global distributed team. How to follow Michael: Twitter: @yanche Resources: “Self-Managing Organizations: Exploring the Limits of Less Hierarchical Organizing” – Michael and Amy Edmondon’s research paper Michael’s website, featuring his key research