Success Factors Archives - Grado https://grado.group/category/success-factors/ Growing Adaptive Organizations Tue, 03 Dec 2024 12:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/grado.group/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/cropped-growing-plant-1x1-1-300x300-1-e1711995706593.webp?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Success Factors Archives - Grado https://grado.group/category/success-factors/ 32 32 222979984 Operational excellence https://grado.group/article/adaptive-organization-details/successful-in-a-changing-world/operational-excellence/ Thu, 15 Jul 2021 16:38:41 +0000 https://wiki.radicalfocus.com/article/operational-excellence/ This aspect is closely linked to cost efficiency – which remains a key factor in global competition. A modern approach […]

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]]> This aspect is closely linked to cost efficiency – which remains a key factor in global competition. A modern approach is typically based on lean principles. He concentrates on

  • Focus on value – the first priority is the pursuit of a global optimum
  • Organize a continuous flow – deliver in small batches and in short cycles
  • Optimize, reduce waste and strive for perfection

Main result: Efficiency

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]]> 24907 Organizational resilience https://grado.group/article/adaptive-organization-details/successful-in-a-changing-world/organizational-resilience/ Mon, 28 Jun 2021 14:46:30 +0000 https://wiki.radicalfocus.com/article/organizational-resilience/ About resilience Resilience is the ability of a social or ecological system to absorb or resist disturbances so that the […]

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Resilience is the ability of a social or ecological system to absorb or resist disturbances so that the system essentially maintains its structure and functions. It describes the degree to which the system is capable of self-organization, learning, and adaptation (Holling 1973, Gunderson & Holling 2002, Walker et al. 2004).

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]]> 24912 Increased learning https://grado.group/article/adaptive-organization-details/successful-in-a-changing-world/increased-learning/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:31:00 +0000 https://wiki.radicalfocus.com/article/increased-learning/ Both operational excellence and disruption of existing activities require a continuous effort of augmented learning and a systemic view. This […]

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]]> Both operational excellence and disruption of existing activities require a continuous effort of augmented learning and a systemic view. This must be supported by a culture of trust and needs appropriate leadership.
Augmented Learning – continuous development of skills and competencies and evolution of the organization to meet its challenges.
Most important result: adaptability

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]]> 24918 Discover, Disrupt, Deliver https://grado.group/article/die-adaptive-organisation-im-detail/key-capabilities/discover-disrupt-deliver/ Sun, 11 Apr 2021 08:22:49 +0000 https://wiki.radicalfocus.com/?post_type=article&p=20492 Agile methods offer a rich set of practices to shorten the feedback cycle. Scrum provides a proven framework for teams […]

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]]> Agile methods offer a rich set of practices to shorten the feedback cycle. Scrum provides a proven framework for teams to achieve consistent, effective delivery and develop as a team by stabilizing the development process through the sprint cadence. Kanban tries to achieve similar effects by focusing on visualization and limiting work-in-progress (WIP).

Business agility can also include other practices to shorten the feedback cycle, such as design thinking or lean startup techniques.

Discover to deliver means: innovation in short cycles for breathtaking products. This contributes to the resilience of the organization, the ability to survive in a rapidly changing environment.

Key result: resilience

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]]> 20492 Succeed in a changing world https://grado.group/article/adaptive-organization-details/successful-in-a-changing-world/ Sat, 10 Apr 2021 09:11:51 +0000 https://wiki.radicalfocus.com/article/the-adaptive-organization/successful-in-a-changing-world/ An organization’s ability to achieve its business goals requires far more flexibility, initiative, motivation, and new skills than in traditional […]

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]]> An organization’s ability to achieve its business goals requires far more flexibility, initiative, motivation, and new skills than in traditional environments.

They include a combination of:

  • your efficiency – this is the element that is classically most in focus
  • your ability to innovate – the importance of which has increased dramatically in our VUCA times
  • your ability to change and learn

Many of these are included in the Lean and Agile principles, methods and toolkits, others have been around longer, such as Post-Heroic Leadership. Their combined use has become an urgent necessity today.

The strategy must adapt to the conditions of the environment – and to the identity that the organization ascribes to itself.

see: Evolving Strategy

The Sweet Spot

The sweet spot lies in the combination of these aspects. An organization needs

  • A systemic view of the whole, the combination of the three success factors.
  • A view of change as a continuous process. Changes do not come in distinct phases, they happen all the time, overlap and influence each other.
  • A transparent and agreed idea of “better”, i.e. a direction of change. In a complex world, this includes vision, experimentation, empowered people, incremental and disruptive improvements.

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