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  Management is dead! Grasping the new model & methods for change

  Management, the organization technology, is based on fundamental principles that we inherited from the industrial age. Those principles were good enough for that time and indeed led to fantastic increases in efficiency in the past. Today, however, these principles prove toxic and stand in the way of motivation, effectiveness, innovation, success, and indeed work. In ths session, the aim is to understand and reflect upon ...more »

  Management, the organization technology, is based on fundamental principles that we inherited from the industrial age. Those principles were good enough for that time and indeed led to fantastic increases in efficiency in the past. Today, however, these principles prove toxic and stand in the way of motivation, effectiveness, innovation, success, and indeed work.

  In ths session, the aim is to understand and reflect upon the principles that make "management" what it is, to understand and discuss the alternative set of principles for a "new model" that is fit for complexity and human beings, and to also debate viable concepts for organizational transformation. We will discuss theory, but also the examples of "new model" pioneers that have been out there for a while.

  METHOD. Joint agenda setting. Conceptual inputs. Discussion & dialogue.

  Concepts covered in this sessions will stem from complexity theories, social sciences and research from the Beyond Budgeting and BetaCodex movements, among others.

  Two content-rich, visualized papers that you can take a look at to get in the mood for this session, in advance: www.betacodex.org/node/1223 and www.betacodex.org/node/896

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  Submitted by Niels Pflaeging 1 year ago

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  Organize for Complexity. How to make work work again

  In this session, we will discuss the urgency and the vision for organizations to become truly robust for complexity, as well as fit for human beings, in order to make work work again for the individual, and for organizations as a whole.  We will also discuss how that can be done, from the point of view of internal and external change agents. INTRODUCTION. The notion of dividing an organization into functions, and ...more »

  In this session, we will discuss the urgency and the vision for organizations to become truly robust for complexity, as well as fit for human beings, in order to make work work again for the individual, and for organizations as a whole.

  We will also discuss how that can be done, from the point of view of internal and external change agents.

  INTRODUCTION. The notion of dividing an organization into functions, and then departments, is fundamentally flawed. By dividing a firm into functions, and then departments, you actually impede work flow, build organizational territories, and drive out initiative and entrepreneurial thinking. But companies have done exactly that for ages.

  The alternative to this, however, has not been that clear, until recently. Even though theory abounds, and there are convincing examples out there of companies, that have lived the alternative - sometimes for decades.

  We will explore, or start to explore, the theoretical and practical gap that must be closed to build, and sustain, organizational models of a kind that is different than the current organizational standard.

  METHOD. Joint agenda setting. Conceptual inputs. Discussion & dialogue.

  QUESTIONS we will probably seek to address & discuss:

  - How to deal with growing organizational complexity?

  - How to adjust a growing organization, without falling into the bureaucracy trap?

  - How to become more capable of adapting to new circumstances, as an organization?

  - How to overcome existing barriers to performance, innovation and growth?

  - How to become an organization more fit for human beings, and achieve higher engagement?

  - How to produce profound change, without hitting the barrier?

  - How to help orgnizations (your own, or clients), to undergo profound, transformational change in this direction?

  WARM UP FOR THIS. Any of the following high-content papers may serve to warm you up for this session, if you like: www.betacodex.org/node/1223 and www.betacodex.org/node/389 and www.betacodex.org/node/390 and www.betacodex.org/node/896

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  Submitted by Niels Pflaeging 1 year ago

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  From Overwhelming Complexity to Effective Simplicity

  Which large organisation isn’t impacted by crippling bureaucracy and overwhelming complexity? Whatever has been tried, the results remain disappointing. Yet, the breakthrough knowledge appears to be available today. The knowledge is, however, too distributed, lacks alignment with how human beings/organisations think and act, and it misses a vital ingredient: Integration of the solution elements into one overall solution ...more »

  Which large organisation isn’t impacted by crippling bureaucracy and overwhelming complexity? Whatever has been tried, the results remain disappointing. Yet, the breakthrough knowledge appears to be available today. The knowledge is, however, too distributed, lacks alignment with how human beings/organisations think and act, and it misses a vital ingredient: Integration of the solution elements into one overall solution before critical solution elements are eliminated. In this space, missing only one critical solution element can lead to failure of the other elements. Desperately needed solution elements can then be flagged as “doesn’t work either...”

  Implementing innovative solutions in environments of crippling bureaucracy and overwhelming complexity is no easy task. The number of conflicts with the traditional solution thinking is endless. Failure rates must be extreme. The highly innovative nature of the Stoos Network’s ambition may create yet more conflicts. For the Stoos Network to be successful, it has to overcome these conflicts. That said, many of the solution elements needed may be the same as those needed to move to effective simplicity.

  It is the ambitious goal of this session to provide lowest-effort/highest-impact guidance to move to effective simplicity. It does this through answering the following questions: What caused the present situation? How do we know what works and what does not? How do we prevent the traps of previous solution attempts? How do we make it sustainable?

  The session’s goals are:

  (1) To propose the lowest-effort/highest-impact solution elements and their integration

  (2) To obtain feedback from the participants: Is the proposed sound and complete enough to be executable? What may be missing?

  (3) If complete and executable: How can we make it happen together?

  UPDATE June 6th: There are two other sessions proposing needed functionality to enable the move from today’s situation to effective simplicity. Their content is part of this session (though, there is no requirement to have seen the other sessions):

  Session 1: “Facilitating effective interventions from within organizations” -Through a demo workshop, this session illustrates how to open the door for innovative and constructive solution thinking within organizations.

  Session 2: “Guided Self-Organisation: Creating a Learning Network” -This extends on session 1 and illustrates the lowest-effort/highest-impact functionality to create a learning network that is integrated with the organization’s decision making.

  NOTE FOR SESSION ORGANIZERS: Please plan as 3rd session of 3 sessions (if possible).

  Session participants: 6 - 25

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  Submitted by Eugen 1 year ago

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