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“I Have My Company Vision, Now What?”

Once you have truly identified your strategy or vision and are ready to build the six sides of your organization around it, you will have the foundation for a winning organizational design.

Organization Design Is More Than Structure

Examining all the elements of your organization is an excellent way to ensure that your organization design efforts take the entire organization into account and increase the likelihood of success.

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 responsible for life and limb, they have a lot in

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 facts on Google, people consult data to answer seemingly every

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 proponents of this approach claim that it fosters self-confidence and

Diversified team discusses 3 keys to effective strategic planning

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 happen by accident. As you prepare for your planning sessions

Choosing Change Agents

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 will fill them. A common assumption in organizations when choosing