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Getting A Grip On The Key Grip: Org Charts and The Film Industry
I was minding my own business last week when my neighbourhood was occupied by that army of white panel trucks, orange pylons, snaking cables, and assorted hangers on that are all the tell-tale signs of a movie-shoot in progress. I can't lie. We weren't taken by...
read moreCheck Out Our New Look For Spring!
Worst winter ever? Well, if you were living anywhere in the eastern half of North America it was certainly up there. It doesn't matter if you define worst as coldest, longest, snowiest, or all of the above. New York, Toronto, Chicago, Boston, Halifax, Atlanta even...
read morePrivacy vs Transparency: Organizational Design, Org Charts and You
In a recent blog post Jessica Miller-Merrill says "I am dying for a customizable and easy to use corporate org charts solution that integrates with my HRIS and other HR technologies".. Music to our ears at Organimi, since this is what we do. But we are also mindful of...
read moreSix Steps To Nirvana In Organizational Design: Squaring The Circle On Performance and Engagement
In last week's blog we talked about getting "behind the boxes" of the organizational structure to look at the fabric of the organization, the community of people behind the roles, and the connections among them. Today's blog is about reducing complexity in...
read moreOrganizational Design, Political Correctness & Emotional Engagement: Sharing The Love
Today's blog post discusses the themes of political correctness and emotional engagement as they relate to organizational design, team management and emerging virtual workplaces. In his 1979 cover version of a great Nick Lowe tune, Elvis Costello rocketed up the...
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I, Robot: Organizational Design, Artificial Intelligence and Your Workplace
In a recent blog, we wrote about the emerging trend to "virtual", for teams, workplaces, and entire organizations. In today's blog, we go further, look forward, and explore another driver of change in tomorrow's workplace - the increasing adoption of robotic and...
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5 Tips For Making Awesome Org Charts
It's not easy being green, sings Sesame Street superstar Kermit the Frog. It's not easy creating and managing org charts either !!! Gathering the data, going through the tedious process of assembling it, creating an org chart design, and then manually inserting...
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Org Charts For Virtual Organizations: Big or Small | Organimi
The Bigger They Are The Harder They Fall…Yes, No, Maybe So? Today we’re bringing the “David and Goliath” theme to the world of virtual organizations. You may have heard about Malcolm Gladwell (the author of best selling titles The Tipping Point, Outliers and Blink) or...
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Moving from static to interactive org charts
It was 1854, a year when streets were lit by coal gas for the first time and the diaphragm speaker (the foundation for the first telephone) was theorized. This was the same year that the first organizational chart was used. Sure, organizational modelling has...
read moreSuper Bowl Teams 2014: Learning From the NFL
Recent research confirms the many benefits for work-life balance of a consistent exercise regime. Yet another reason to stick with your new year's resolution to get more active and get more out of life in 2014! Exercise is clearly important - the name of the game even...
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