RE-THINKING THE ORGANIZATION
by Jurgen De Smet
@JurgenLACoach

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WHY?
http://www.co-learning.be

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CIO: Life In The Fast Lane (Forrester Magazine)
http://blogs.forrester.com/sharyn_leaver/16-04-27-cios_life_in_the_fast_lane

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Teal, Holacracy, Sociocracy (3.0), Podularity, Agile…
Picture from HBR Magazine September 2016 Edition

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT
LEVEL OF SELF-
MANAGEMENT?
System
http://www.co-learning.be

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LARMAN’S LAWS OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
➤ Organizations are implicitly optimized to avoid changing
the status quo middle- and first-level manager and single-
specialist positions & power structures.
➤ As a corollary to (1), any change initiative will be reduced to
redefining or overloading the new terminology to mean
basically the same as status quo.
➤ As a corollary to (1), any change initiative will be derided as
“purist”, “theoretical”, and “needing pragmatic
customization for local concerns”—which deflects from
addressing weaknesses and manager/specialist status quo.
➤ Culture follows structure.
https://less.works/less/structure/index.html

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Systems Modelling for Understanding
https://less.works/less/principles/systems_thinking.html

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Systems Modelling for GROUP Understanding
https://less.works/less/principles/systems_thinking.html

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WHOLE Systems Modelling for Group Understanding
https://less.works/less/principles/systems_thinking.html

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WHAT IS YOUR
OPTIMISATION GOAL?
CIO = Fast, Organizational Agility…
http://www.co-learning.be

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Flip the System
https://youtu.be/QkGyVKl9CGE

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Feature Team Adoption Maps
https://youtu.be/QkGyVKl9CGE

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Sparefoot Example

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M30 Tool: Meddlers Game
https://management30.com/

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BASE Company - LeSS Huge
http://less-large-scale-scrum.com/sessions/less-at-base.html

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BASE Company - LeSS Huge & eTOM
https://www.tmforum.org/business-process-framework/

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BASE Company - LeSS Huge - Area’s
http://less-large-scale-scrum.com/sessions/less-at-base.html

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT
LEVEL OF SELF-
MANAGEMENT?
Individuals
http://www.co-learning.be

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1 Person = Multiple Roles
https://management30.com/

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Role Proliferation Costs - Fragmentation / Hiring
http://www.co-learning.be

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Role Proliferation Costs - Compensation Models
https://management30.com/

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT
LEVEL OF SELF-
MANAGEMENT?
Scrum
http://www.co-learning.be

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“Team” / Limited Roles
http://www.scrumguides.org/scrum-guide.html#team

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT
LEVEL OF SELF-
MANAGEMENT?
Final Words
http://www.co-learning.be

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Complexity Thinking: Make a stronger model within its context

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S30 Circles in Agile
http://less.works/less/framework/coordination-and-integration.html

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S30 Circles within LeSS Huge
http://less.works/less/framework/coordination-and-integration.html

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S30 Circles within Co-Learning
http://less.works/less/framework/coordination-and-integration.html

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S30 Consent within BASE Company / Co-Learning
http://less.works/less/framework/coordination-and-integration.html

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Strategy within Co-Learning
https://hbr.org/2016/07/beyond-the-holacracy-hype

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WHAT IS THE RIGHT
LEVEL OF SELF-
MANAGEMENT?
Learn from others (hire experience)
& Experiment
http://www.co-learning.be

THANK YOU
➤ LeSS Training: 21-23 Nov ’16
➤ M30 Training: 1-2 Dec ’16
➤ S30 Training: 7-9 Dec ’16
➤ Webinar: Surviving in a VUCA
world: 23 Dec ‘16
https://co-learning.be/events/
@JurgenLACoach
jurgen@co-learning.be