John Latham
Organization Designer + Researcher
In this segment of The Everyday Innovator video podcast, Dr. Chad McAllister and I discuss growing up in silos and how alignment and integration is a key organization design concept. CHAD Designing the elements, like strategy, metrics, and the …
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Systems Thinking The first challenge is developing a systems perspective and understanding of dynamic systems. We’ve been talking about this for over 50 years, yet we still don’t teach it in most business schools. We train people in business …
Fewer Fires I think the first tangible benefit is you have fewer fires to put out. Often, we spend much of our executive time putting out fires. Working issues between those silos that got "mucked up" because we don't have a well-oiled process or …
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Chad - Like the title of your book, [Re]Create the Organization You Really Want, I see a key benefit is making the organization that you want to work in, and everyone else wants to work in too. WIIFM John - That's the "what's in it really for …
Continue Reading about Stakeholders – What’s in it for them?
CHAD - I know you’ve listened to the podcast some, you know I love innovation quotes, so I asked you to bring one too. What’s the quote you have for us? JOHN - So I had to bring a different one this time, and I thought the one that fit what we …
Do you talk about management like other people talk about sports? If you do, you might be a management geek. I am intrigued by organizations and the process of transformation - systems, culture, and individuals. One of my favorite books is The …
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