Research based advice for designing more effective organizations
Most organizations tend to get more complex over time. New processes, roles and reporting lines are added. New steering groups and advisory boards are established. New cross-functional initiatives are launched. All with the best of intentions. But … [Continue reading]
“The name of the rose” by Umberto Eco is one of the best-selling books ever published (50 million copies sold!). During a break between Zoom meetings recently, I came across it (on my own bookshelf…). I bought it many years ago, but must admit that I … [Continue reading]
If you are a manager, you might be asked to organize 1,200 people – or 12,000. But to illustrate a key principle: Let’s start with just 12 people. Are you able to organize them? We have created a challenge with 12 roles in a Research & … [Continue reading]
Not all resources need to be dedicated to one unit: Some may be shared among units. Hence, typical questions that may arise are...: Should each department have an IT support role, or should IT be consolidated in a shared services unit? Should … [Continue reading]
I am all for agility and flexibility – we need more of that in large companies. But I have long been a sceptic of “agile at scale”. I wrote a blog post about it 2018. A recent article confirms many of the concerns that I described then. The article … [Continue reading]