Sublime

With processes, critical knowledge no longer depends on a particular person; it is embedded in the organization and can be transmitted across generations. Any person can be replaced by another that takes over the same role in the process. Even the chief is replaceable, in an orderly succession, and Amber Organizations can therefore survive for

three kinds of client work: Brains, Grey Hair, and…

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In a broad generalization, it is safe to say that, in developed societies, Impulsive-Red Organizations persist only at the fringes of legal activity. Conformist-Amber is still heavily present in government agencies, the military, religious organizations, and public school systems. Achievement-Orange is clearly the dominant paradigm of business

every aspect of a practice group’s affairs, from practice development to hiring, from economic structure to governance, will be affected by its relative positioning on this spectrum.