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<\/a><\/p>\nHow do we shift to a more agile organization? Podio a Case Study<\/a> Most people would agree that many organizations today are too stiff, too slow and too disconnected to do well in the complex world we live in now.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Many large organizations have placed their bet on a new technology platform that will connect all their people’s work. Some think that real change can only come from the bottom up. Many feel that any form of hierarchy is outdated. Some talk about culture but are not clear about what this means.<\/span><\/p>\n Few are making any progress.\u00a0So what is the better way to go?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n [More<\/a>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Great discussion. We are out of balance dealing with complex problems because authoritarian hierarchies \u2013so important for 20th century processes \u2013 are seen as the only way to get things done. \u00a0Maybe for simply processes but not the complex ones facing us.<\/em><\/p>\n Distributed democratic approaches using social networks are all the rage. For the first time in 10,000 years we have major tools that leverage these inherent activities of humanity\u2019s culture. They can now overpower hierarchies especially when examining complex processes.<\/em><\/p>\n But, they alone cannot solve what we face. Disctibuted democracy is great at cranking the DIKW cycle<\/a> to get to knowledge. The problem arises because they often want to keep turning the cycle than actually take an action.<\/em><\/p>\n They can spend too much time talking and not enough time doing. I\u2019ve written about the need for a Synthetic Organization<\/a>, one that is leader-full bit leaderless.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n We need some aspects of hierarchy to get things done. It is finding the right balance,\u00a0designing\u00a0feedback to permit leader-full approaches to survive while preventing the accretion of power that hierarchies can produce.<\/em><\/p>\n I have worked at\u00a0organizations\u00a0that found the right balance. We just did not have a firm understanding of why it worked.<\/em><\/p>\n Now we are getting much closer to defining how to create the balance between the two key aspects of human social interaction \u2013 authoritarian\u00a0hierarchy and distrubuted democracy.<\/em><\/p>\n The groups that accomplish this will be the ones that truly helpus solve complex problems.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 \u00a0 How do we shift to a more agile organization? Podio a Case Study[Via Robert Paterson’s Weblog] Most people would agree that many organizations today are too stiff, too slow and too disconnected to do well in the complex world we live in now.\u00a0 Many large organizations have placed their bet on a new … Continue reading Balance – we need both authoritarian hierarchies and distributed democracies<\/span>
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