© 2005 Jessica Spengler, Creative Commons 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordridden/53998367
Many organizations need to harmonize practices, procedures, and tools across teams and departments. They also need people to share knowledge and develop their craft by communicating across traditional organizational boundaries. This is the purpose and role of guilds and huddles.
© 2005 Jessica Spengler, Creative Commons 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/wordridden/53998367
The façades on the Grand-Place in Brussels, Belgium, look amazing. 
In the past, they were literally the images of the guilds of Brussels, representing some of the finest crafts in the country. Nowadays, the former guildhalls offer expensive Belgian chocolates to naïve tourists, who are unaware that the really good chocolatiers are situated on the Grand Sablon elsewhere in the city.
© 2010 Elliott Brown, Creative Commons 2.0https://www.flickr.com/photos/ell-r-brown/4436513664 ...
Get Managing for Happiness now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
