News and Updates: My Blog
From time to time, I will be updating my blog to include news and insights on the ever-changing world of organization design. I hope you’ll come back regularly to see what’s happening.
-
Ways of Working: How to Intentionally Bridge (not break) Organization Silos
We were presenting out the results of an organization restructuring during a steering committee meeting at one of my clients. The Chief Commercial Officer said of the new design “I love it. I am a big fan of dotted lines.” I smiled and nodded, but inside I cringed. Trying to overcome silo issues through the…
-
Organization Network Analysis: Unleash Human Potential
Organization Network analysis (ONA) is a tool to measure patterns of collaboration between people within and across organizations. Leading companies use ONA to amplify people analytics and make data-driven decisions to enact change, drive innovation or execute strategy. Network analysis allows us to visualize how communications, information, and decisions flow through an organization. The Other…
-
“Barbie” and the Dichotomy of Organizational Life
Given what I do every day, it no longer surprises people when an idea on how organizations could be designed more effectively appears in my mind from a seemingly bizarre source. It recently happened as I sat with my tween daughter and watched the “Barbie” movie with her for the third time. Yes, even a…