This conference aims to decode the impact of the new age on management practices. Self-organization of teams with significant freedoms to drive business decisions is much written about. In practice implementing such self-organization proves to be extremely challenging. Why? The reasons lie in the DNA of management of the past century which was about top-down hierarchy and control rather than self-organizing. A gene refreshment of sorts is therefore needed for new age managers and teams. Two "skill genes" in particular will be essential for new age managers and teams: first, the Collective intelligence gene and second, the Facilitative intelligence gene. This presentation will illustrate through a Turkish and a European company the hardships, success and lessons learned. You will gain an understanding how you may apply this to your own organization.