by Lee Bryant | Sep 23, 2022 | Leadership, org structures |
The so-called ‘squishy middle’ of management is often perceived as a barrier to transformation, but what if we engaged this layer as change agents? Good management gets a bad rap Ed Zitron’s critique of lazy back-to the-office articles in the media starts...
by Lee Bryant | Aug 12, 2022 | Culture, Future of Work, org structures, Strategy |
Sometimes change gets stuck between two worlds, and all we end up with is old structures with new branding. During a period of transition or paradigm shift, there is often an interim phase where we use new models to create a slightly better version of the old world...
by Cerys Hearsey | Aug 5, 2022 | Digital Transformation, Future of Work, org structures, Thoughts |
Some thoughts on making ‘experience chasms’ a bit shallower at the boundaries of traditional orgs. We’re seeing increased interest in customer and employee experience from most organisations, focused on increasing loyalty, revenues, engagement and...
by Lee Bryant | Jul 1, 2022 | Digital Transformation, enablement, Future of Work, org structures, Technology |
A few thoughts and links on scale, connection and mutualism in the design of social systems and organisations Scale, connection & mutualism in system design One of the repeated tragedies of ideologies and political systems is the pursuit of scale and control at...
by Lee Bryant | May 6, 2022 | enablement, Future of Work, org structures |
Thoughts on institutional upgrades, hierarchies versus networks, and re-wilding as an organisational design priority. This week’s ‘Lunch with the FT’ featured the social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, and he had some interesting things to say ($) about how mature...
by Lee Bryant | Feb 25, 2022 | Future of Work, Leadership, Learning, org structures |
This week, Lee reflects on different approaches to teaching leaders how to build, support and run high-performance ‘business agile’ teams… Building high performance teams Recently, I have been reflecting on how to ‘teach’ the right combination of...
