Perhaps it is not so much a paradox as it is finding the right balance. There is no one right way to organize work – some ways work better than others depending on the organization’s strategic focus and associated design principles. There are consequences to the way work is organized and the way in which…
Creating Responsive Organizations
This year’s Responsive Conference brought together management innovators and organizational transformation practitioners to share ideas and practices for creating responsive organizations. I was delighted to be a member of the team organizing the conference as lead facilitator for the small-group discussions that took place both days. WHAT IS A RESPONSIVE ORGANIZATION? The Responsive Manifesto makes…
The Rise of Teams
Annual research on trends in human capital management from Bersin by Deloitte listed “the rise of teams” as the top trend for 2016. Teams continue to be at the forefront of how work gets done in 2017. Bersin predicts: “To thrive in the digital age organizations should focus on breaking functional groups into smaller teams,…