Oct 3, 2013 | Organizational Design
Loss Aversion, The Status Quo & The Laziness Gene What do you think about these two characters? If you are like most people, you instantaneously and instinctively knew which Grommit to avoid… apparently before you even knew what you knew. You even...
Sep 16, 2013 | Organizational Design
Making The Most of Book Swapping One of the things I enjoy most about books is sharing them. I love that moment when a family member, friend or colleague hands me a book and says “I thought you would find this book interesting”. So it was last week when a...
Sep 12, 2013 | Organizational Design
Over the past few weeks, we have shown what effective organizational design is and can be. We have described the hard work and time commitments involved. We have also noted the rewards and significant positive contribution this process can provide to the business,...
Aug 19, 2013 | Organizational Design
Effective Organization Design starts by initiating an organizational design review and implementing a new organizational structure is hard work and very time-consuming. However, it can also be an extremely rewarding experience which significantly impacts the business...
Jun 3, 2013 | Organizational Design
In our last blog we discussed laying a solid foundation for organizational design. In this post as part of her continuing series Linda Barlow discusses some best practices to help with that. When we have a clear understanding and appreciation for why there is a...
Apr 29, 2013 | Organizational Design
In today’s competitive market, I believe it is important for business leaders to understand the importance of having the right organizational capabilities to compete. While the “why” of organizational design is well understood – having the right capabilities to...