Competition in the Age of Collaboration
For many years, I’ve spoken about the great promise of seeing organizations as living systems – a view that charts a path to employee engagement, customer loyalty, and organizational resilience. Every once in a while, though, someone will cynically point out that not...
The Dark Side of Co-Creation
Co-creation is one of today’s hottest buzzwords. It’s the idea that a collaborative process of shared creation leads to higher levels of engagement, innovation and resilience. I should love the concept – after all, I’m working to promote a more complete understanding...
The Dance of Thrivability
When I talk about thrivability, I find that many people understand it to be an end goal – an ideal state to aspire to once the real messiness of life has been perfectly sorted out. I’ve even encountered mild hostility to the concept: “There are people starving...
Ownership and the Living Organization
If an organization is a living system, is it appropriate for anyone to own it? Would it be more appropriate to see it as something we bring into the world and steward, like a child? How might that work, legally and financially? These questions came up recently as I...Organizational Design: Lessons from the Field (literally!)
If we see an organization as a living ecosystem, what does this mean for organizational design? Are there different principles and practices for shaping organizational structure when we recognize it as being alive? Can it even be designed, or does the structure have...Page 8 of 9
