Organisations are Social systems
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Organisations do not exist: Think social systems
Whilst organisations appear to be organised, social systems emerge naturally and connect, despite organisational structures and boundaries. In reality, we need to view and understand our Organisations as Social systems. If we forget that we miss how people, human...Upside down organisation charts: Using them effectively
Upside down organisation charts are re-drawn with a purpose: to invite executives to think differently about their organisation and their role. This article explains how to draw them upside down (it is not simply turned upside down) and how the changed perspective...
Forget your business model… What about your people model?
What is your people model? I hear lots of talk about an organisation’s business model, or their operating model, or their service delivery model. It is a core part of what I do, understanding how the business, operation, or service is going to deliver and make...
Organisational structures do not exist – they are a myth!
OK, I can hear the squeals of anguish and dissent. “Of course organisational structures exist” I hear people say. We have organisations and we create structures and we do organisational design to place people within those structures. We spend time and...
