The Problem with Organization Design

If you concentrate on org structure alone, you can fix whole class problems by tweaking the culture or changing the incentive system. Every solution to an organizational design problem requires restructuring. There will always be problems in a newly formed organization, just because you haven't discovered or experienced them yet, but that's the big... See more

Principles of Organization Design

1. Free Yourself From the Past


2. Design With Knowledge of Your DNA

The hierarchical world has speed but is less agile and over-dependent on few players, unlike Self Organizing Organizations where the maximum potential of the group could be unleashed and we can make workplaces, our institutions, and organizations a great place to work, discuss and fulfill our goals.

Seeing design as part of a living system applies equally to more subtle design tasks, like the “design” of guiding ideas. “Organization design is widely misconstrued as moving around boxes and lines,” Bill O’Brien used to say. “The first task of organizational design concerns designing the governing ideas—the purpose, vision, and core values by whi

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Seeing design as part of a living system applies equally to more subtle design tasks, like the “design” of guiding ideas. “Organization design is widely misconstrued as moving around boxes and lines,” Bill O’Brien used to say. “The first task of organizational design concerns designing the governing ideas—the purpose, vision, and core values by whi

... See more