In a bold-type subtext interspersed throughout the book, he examines how this situation is stunting our potential as individuals and communities and contemplates what can be changed. Though the technique allows the reader to engage in stimulating mental discovery along with the author, its New Age spiritual tone is sometimes a bit saccharine. His insights, however, are clear and provocative. In Birth of the Chaordic Age, Dee Hock argues that traditional organizational forms can no longer work because organizations have become too complex. First, it is important to note that leadership tends to be distributed throughout a chaordic organization rather than concentrated in a management class.
Participants largely manage their own affairs as they see fit.
High value leadership skills may differ from place to place within the organization. So, the short answer is that every imaginable kind of leadership is needed to run a chaordic organization. It is never a one-person show. The people within a chaordic organization that take a lead worth following are likely to have company. I don't see any widespread institutional failure.