Growing Adaptive Organizations A Practical Guide for Designing your Own Transformation Journey Conducting an Agile Transformation on an organizational level must be an holistic approach. It is quite complex and can seem overwhelming, especially in large companies. With this practical “Travel Guide for Growing Adaptive Organizations” we want to share our learnings and insights which
There are certain patterns whenever you are growing a conceptual understanding in a new area. We support this incremental understanding by different ways to present things: Stories, Patterns and the Big Picture We believe that there is no best way to convey information.
Workshop preparation One usage option is a workshop of, let’s day 6 hours. What you need for a Workshop Material 1x Per participant Agenda The Canvas Material Actually, the Canvas consists of several parts. The Viable System Model template The Canvas itself as a poster A cheat sheet that guides you through the analysis and
Usage options of OD OD stands normally for Organization Design. The acronym OD can however be interpreted freely in several ways. Each of these interpretations represents an option for shaping interventions into an organization. 1. OD: Diagnosing the Organization This is the process of carefully examining an organization to identify challenges and problem areas. It’s
In the canvas, we structure our steps according to the logic of the OODA Loop. The OODA Loop is a strategic tool developed by military strategist and United States Air Force Colonel John Boyd. OODA stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. It’s a decision-making process that is designed to help individuals and organizations operate
Choose your transformation pattern The final part of the Canvas journey is the implementation of improvement which you identified in the previous steps. VSM itself does not limit your approach, but in principle, you have the choice Hack: Start with some actions, or experiments and see what happens. This can be beneficial if you do
Choose your transformation pattern The final part of the Canvas journey is the implementation of improvement which you identified in the previous steps. VSM itself does not limit your approach, but in principle, you have the choice
Purpose Make identity and purpose explicit Abstract The way that policy is made and implemented is without doubt the most important issue for an enterprise. The business must pay its bills and make a profit, but all of the financial issues are constraints: what the company is really about is defined partly by its mission
In the “Observe” step, we focused on understanding existing structures, and did not emphasize on evaluation. We continue now with developing an opinion, i.e. an orientation where we evaluate tho organizations according to functionality.
Which Problems do we solve How do we make decisions and which decisions are made where is treated more as a subordinate question that arises from the organizational and operational structure of a company. Accordingly, problems resulting from inadequate decision-making structures and information channels are often only indirectly visible. VSM adds a unique approach to
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