Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The coworker of the future needs to think beyond the comfort zone of the known, use divergent and convergent thinking, and approach challenges and opportunities in an iterative and innovative way. Probably the most important sustainability quality is the capacity to influence. Influence means getting things done.

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Quality Influence Network Organization Learning-by-Doing 197

N2Growth Blog

MAY 1, 2017

Forecasts often lead to disappointments, both for management – employees – shareholders and other stakeholders. Developments of global network organizations. Great attention for innovation. Strategic cooperation’s with (parts of) companies without changes in ownership structures. White-water raft.

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Decentralization Trends Career Network Organization 150

Six Disciplines

MARCH 24, 2011

Twenty-five years ago, management meant control. Managers put in controls, handed workers specifications, and established formal structures that ensured that people did what they were told. Companies operated alone, rather than being part of partner networks or plugging their people into informal relationships.

Execution 101

Execution Six Sigma Strategy Information Technology 101

Marshall Goldsmith

OCTOBER 14, 2013

In a hierarchical organization, leaders can more easily give orders and expect people to respond. In a network organization, leaders need to effectively influence people without line authority. People throughout the organization will be expected to routinely make decisions once reserved for managers. Innovation'

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Telecommunications Franchising Consultative Diversity 111

LDRLB

MARCH 9, 2016

Using an innovative organizational design, Eden is able to bring the brightest consultants to client projects by forming bespoke teams. How networked organizations are the way of the future. Under New Management. Under New Management Preorder Bonuses. Listen in iTunes ] [ Listen on Stitcher ]. Enjoy This Episode?

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McCallum Network Organization Consultative Review 60

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 7, 2013

There were no real conversations about the bigger picture, how to get better results through clever resourcing or innovation. Christine’s team and organization thrived under her new leadership, boosting revenue tenfold and setting industry benchmarks for performance. Leadership Leadership development Managing yourself'

Benchmarking 12

Benchmarking CEO Network Organization Execution 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Southwest’s innovation was to focus on low fares with one-class cabins, homogenous fleets, and point-to-point routes. ” We are in the midst of a massive migration in business models, from managing assets and delivering services to creating technologies and orchestrating networks.

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Airlines Business Model Strategy Metrics 16

Harvard Business Review

MAY 2, 2013

Eventually, businesses became department stores, specialty stores and malls, and finally, today''s e-businesses and networked organizations that support them. Only a small percentage came up with anything that was truly innovative. What does it mean to view innovation as the only competitive advantage?

CIO 8

CIO Competitive Advantage Agility Hamel 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2018

Though many would call that decade NASA’s golden age, we’d argue that NASA’s innovation and influence is even greater today. NASA has moved from being a hierarchical, closed system that develops its technologies internally, to an open network organization that embraces open innovation, agility, and collaboration.

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Budgeting Technology Innovation Operations 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

So much so that we see them as “the way things work” and forget that bureaucracies were once innovations too. Today, we live in a time of transformation every bit as colossal as what Weber saw a century ago: a shift from hierarchical to networked organizations. If it can fit on an org chart, it’s not a network.

Organization 8

Organization Bureaucracy Network Organization Informal Structure 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” Without doctrine, it’s impossible for managers to let go without losing control. Although rare, there are companies that have made the shift from process to principles-based management. Wikipedia has its five pillars.

Agility 8

Agility Delegation Objective Goal 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2015

Where they fail, however, is at turning those ideas into actual innovations. Indeed, few creative ideas ever become innovative products or services. And yet too many managers see a lack of innovation in their companies and lament their teams’ “lack of creativity.” HBR Must Reads on Innovation.

Creativity 8

Creativity Team Kaizen Innovation 8