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Organsation design tools

19 March 2022

See an overview of the design methodology Click Here Below you’ll find an overview of a suggested step-by-step activities for an organisation design project, together with links to tools to assst you with each step. Enter and contract Activities Clarify mission and purpose Identify client, sponsor and existing governance
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Structure comparisons

20 February 2022

Designing organisation structure is much more than the pyramid organisation chart with names on.  “Poor organisational design and structure results in a bewildering morass of contradictions: confusion within roles, a lack of coordination among functions, failure to share ideas, and slow decision-making bring managers unnecessary complexity, stress, and conflict.”
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organisation design methodology

19 March 2022

Introduction There are multiple design approaches out there. From the Design Council’s double diamond to Deloitte’s more staged approach. So while there’s not a requirement to create a new one, I wanted something that better balanced conceptual design thinking and how in the real (corporate) world, a staged approach is required. I wanted
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Assessing organisation design

19 March 2022

The question “is my organisation design right?” is often asked by leaders and stakeholders. The Covid-19 pandemic itself has provided a test of ‘rightness’ to many aspects of our organisations’ designs. Companies like Amazon with their robust customer website and logistics network, whilst already thriving passed a test of
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Designing culture

16 January 2022

Can you design culture? The folk at Fearless Culture think so. I don’t disagree. But culture is one of the more challenging aspects of an organisation to design and needs to be complimented with organisation development practice and mindset. If practitioners and leaders think that you can start with a
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19 March 2022

People and behaviour. Leadership and change. Organisation design. Organisation development. Working in all the above disciplines might mean dabbling with  systems thinking, design thinking, psychodynamics, applied behavioural science, complexity theory, chaos theory, and other such practices. It can feel a little like taking the red pill and following Alice down the

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