Open allocation seems like the ultimate prediction market - people deciding on what initiatives to work on and invest their time in is a stronger signal than dysfunctional internal politics. And people are likely to be more motivated working on projects they think have value.
Some companies are using internal prediction markets, where employees can speculate on various initiatives:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market#Use_by_corpor...
Open allocation seems like the ultimate prediction market - people deciding on what initiatives to work on and invest their time in is a stronger signal than dysfunctional internal politics. And people are likely to be more motivated working on projects they think have value.