Is there an organizational design that can replace the artificial barriers and fear of the traditional hierarchy? Digital cowboys, the new generation of talent described in Pekka Viljakainen’s book ‘No Fear’ , reject the form and values of the traditional organization. We continue our series in response to Pekka’s invitation to outline how we at […]
Can We Do Away With Hierarchy?
We look at hierarchy and how to change it as we continue our series on creating the no-fear environment for the 21st century organization for post-digital workers and managers in response to our invitation from ‘No Fear’ author Pekka Viljakainen. In order to create an organization that combines the two most fundamental elements of […]
Don’t Climb, Grow! Success in the Systemic Organization
We continue our series on creating the no-fear environment for the 21st century organization for post-digital workers and managers in response to our invitation from ‘No Fear’ author Pekka Viljakainen. What does a systemic organization look like? Let’s look first at the shape of the organization, i.e. the design. What kind of organization are we […]
Drive Out Fear by Learning to Think Systemically
Continuing our series in response to invitation by ‘No Fear’ author Pekka Viljakainen to outline how we would drive out fear from the workplace and how we would accommodate the post-digital generation of talent. At Intelligent Management, we support organizations in driving out fear through the adoption of the Decalogue™ methodology. This is a unique […]
No Fear in the Workplace – Making it Happen
We were invited by Pekka A. Viljakainen, author of ‘No Fear’, a book that addresses managing and leading a new generation of post-digital talent, how we would go about driving out fear from the workplace. The following posts are our response on achieving No Fear through a systemic organizational design and management methodology. Digital […]
Why change? Part 2
In Part 2 we look at how cause-and-effect reasoning and acknowledging our ‘cognitive constraints’ are crucial in understanding why, when, what and how to change. Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to warn about the consequences (cause and effect) of seemingly simple actions: “if we kick a dog in the street, we are responsible for the […]
Why Change? Part 1
In our previous post we looked at tools for the three phases of change (What to Change, What to Change to and How to Make the Change Happen). This post is in response to several comments that asked about the ‘why’ of change. Dr. W. Edwards Deming used to say: “The only thing that does […]
Can Ecosystems Show How to Fix the Euro?
This post, by Dr. Giovanni Siepe, is our last before the holidays. We wish you all a very happy holiday season, and we’ll be back in 2012! In an article by Debora MacKenzie in the New Scientist magazine entitled ‘Can Ecosystems Show How to Fix the Euro?’, the eurozone is analyzed as a complex networked […]
Can a Standard for Innovation Make Companies Smarter? – Standard of Innovation Part 5 of 5
This post is by Dr. Domenico Lepore, an international expert on systems thinking for management. He is the Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. An organization requires great focus in order to keep up with the continuous innovation process. The focus needed can only be developed as a result of an improved “collective systemic intelligence”. By […]
Can a Standard Stimulate Innovation or Stifle it? Standard of Innovation Part 4 of 5
Dr. Domenico Lepore, Founder of Intelligent Management Inc. and international expert in Quality and Systems Thinking for organizations, continues his series on the Standard of Innovation. Why do we have Standards? Standards are created to allow operationally defined quantities to be measured in a way that makes sense. After having defined “Volt” we need a […]
