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 …
Why is Organization Design Important? – Part 1
From our perspective, organization design aligns the stakeholders and their needs with the organization's strategy, systems, and comprehensive scorecard. These four "cornerstones" are held together by the culture (values, symbols, rituals, and …
Continue Reading about Why is Organization Design Important? – Part 1
What is Organization Design? – Part 2
Some people say organizations don't exist because they're not material things but rather concepts or collections of concepts. However, there are many physical things or artifacts that communicate what an organization is and how it works. So, if we …
Continue Reading about What is Organization Design? – Part 2
Organization Design: Alignment – Part 3
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 …
Continue Reading about Organization Design: Alignment – Part 3
Three Challenges
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 …
Three Keys to Success
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 organizations that develop a great design and create high performance, if they …
