john latham
organization designer
Download Handout What is Organization Design and Why Do We Care? When you think of organizational design, what comes to mind? Many people think of organization structure, the organization chart, reporting relationships, management systems, work …
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Dissatisfaction with Status Quo x Compelling Vision x First Steps x Believability > Resistance to Change The success rate for those attempting large-scale organizational transformation to achieve sustainable excellence is not encouraging. For …
Perspectives of Three Generational Cohorts - Barcelona Introduction to Paper "It now seems obvious that the recent poor economy coupled with the often spectacular failures in leadership, many involving ethics, have left us searching for new …
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A Comparison of Baldrige Award Recipients and Competitors You shouldn’t have to choose between quality healthcare and a great patient experience. And now you don’t have to. Hospitals and Healthcare Systems that have successfully used the Healthcare …
We often "throw around" vague words like "successful, effective, and great," but what do these words really mean? When it comes to organizations, what is "great"? Some have defined "great" as stock price over the years compared to other similar …
From our perspective, organizational design aligns stakeholders' needs with the organization's strategy, systems, and comprehensive scorecard. These four "cornerstones" are held together by the culture (values, symbols, rituals, and heroes) that …
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Some people say organizations don't exist because they're not material things but rather concepts or collections of concepts. However, many physical things or artifacts communicate what an organization is and how it works. So, if we think about an …
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In this segment of The Everyday Innovator video podcast, Dr. Chad McAllister and I discuss growing up in silos and how alignment and integration are key organizational design concepts. CHAD Designing elements like strategy, metrics, and what …
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Systems Thinking The first challenge is developing a systems perspective and understanding of dynamic systems. We’ve talked about this for over 50 years, yet we still don’t teach it in most business schools. We train people in business schools in …
Tenacity One of the most significant issues for success is tenacity. One of the things that we found is that designing organizations is, first of all, never done. Even for organizations that develop a great design and create high performance, …
