March 13, 2019

“I Have My Company Vision, Now What?”

As an organization design consultant, people often ask, “So what, exactly do you do?” I reply by explaining organization design and strategic integration. Once I’ve done that, if the person is a business leader they almost inevitably ask, “So Ken,...

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March 6, 2019

Beyond Paperless: How Digital Transformation Can Revolutionize Your Organization

Digital transformation is happening across all industries and sectors – in business, government, education and nearly every type of organization around the world. It is a way to rethink how value is delivered and how technical systems and capabilities are...

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February 27, 2019

Organization Design Is More Than Structure

Recently I was on site with a client running a three and a half day training session on organization design. Central to this training was our Rubik’s Cube model of organization design, including the concept of how organization design is...

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February 19, 2019

Leave Sequestering for Juries: Avoid the “Secret Society” in Organization Design

In our book, Mastering the Cube, we discuss eight common organization design stumbling blocks. One of these is a common organization design decision making practice that we like to refer to as the “Secret Society” when a few leaders sequester...

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February 12, 2019

Solving Organizational Complexity: Keep it Simple & Strategic

Today’s world is far more complex than that of just a few decades ago, and it is becoming increasingly more so each year. Ongoing technological innovation creates a need for organizations to rapidly and continuously adapt both to technology itself...

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January 29, 2019

Beyond Training: Why Practice Matters In Capability Building

Would you go to a doctor who had never seen a patient? For most of us, the answer would be an emphatic “no” – even if the individual was top of their class. While organization design practitioners are not directly...

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December 11, 2018

Flying In The Face of Data: Why The Logical Choice Isn’t Always The Right Choice

In a world where everyone has virtually unlimited information at their fingertips, we are living in the most data-driven society ever imagined. Whether it be through an online price calculator, or comparing products side-by-side on Amazon, or just looking up...

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November 27, 2018

Two Reasons to Take A Process Approach to Organization Design

In art and art education circles, there is an ongoing debate around the concept of Process vs. Product. The conventional approach focuses on the end product as the ultimate goal. Process art, on the other hand, emphasizes the creative journey—and...

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November 13, 2018

3 Keys to Effective Strategic Planning

It’s mid November: the home stretch of the year. In addition to all the hustle and bustle of the holidays, this is when many companies buckle down to do their strategic planning for the year ahead. Effective strategic planning doesn’t...

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November 6, 2018

Choosing Change Agents: It’s Not All About Position

One of the keys to success in an organization transformation is having the right people involved. Before any of the work can be done around planning and implementing change, it’s important to gain clarity on the roles involved and who...

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“I Have My Company Vision, Now What?”

Beyond Paperless: How Digital Transformation Can Revolutionize Your Organization

Organization Design Is More Than Structure

Leave Sequestering for Juries: Avoid the “Secret Society” in Organization Design

Solving Organizational Complexity: Keep it Simple & Strategic

Beyond Training: Why Practice Matters In Capability Building

Flying In The Face of Data: Why The Logical Choice Isn’t Always The Right Choice

Two Reasons to Take A Process Approach to Organization Design

3 Keys to Effective Strategic Planning

Choosing Change Agents: It’s Not All About Position