What is the right organizational structure for the current and emerging lifecycle stage of your core business and any business units? Using the Organizational Physics Strategy Map as a guide, this video shows that: A Pilot It stage initiative requires
Design controls behavior. If you want new business behaviors, change the the organizational structure The 6 Rules of Structure provide visibility into key underlying polarities at work within every business. A key idea is to not treat polarities as problems
There are 6 Rules of Structure to follow when designing a scalable business structure. They are: 1. If the strategy or lifecycle stage changes, change the structure. 2. Don’t allow short-range functions to control long-range ones. 3. Don’t allow efficiency
The three design elements of organizational structure are: Functions, Location, and Authority. Use these three building blocks to avoid some common pitfalls and design the right new structure for your business stage and strategy. Buy the book Designed to Scale:
Structure is how your business is organized. If you want to get your business to do something new, then at key points in its development, you’ll need to look at and change its structure. Buy the book Designed to Scale.
I’ve recently made available a powerful new tool for setting strategy. It’s called the Top-Level OKRs Strategy Survey. It relies on lifecycle theory to help you quickly align a Leadership Team on the right top-level objectives and key results (OKRs).
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Imagine if you could listen to a recording from last year of you and your co-founder discussing the state of your business and your plans for the coming year. What would the conversation have sounded like a year ago? What
The Machine that Builds the Machine Summary Insight: Building rockets is hard. Designing the machine that builds the rockets—the organization—is harder. This article reveals the first principles of scaling your business without blowing it up. Key Takeaways: Vision without organizational
