Self Organization in an Age of Complexity Lecture by Alexander Ingster Hofgren, Organizational Developer at Coompanion Stockholm and Expanding Leadership Hosted at Norrsken Lunch and Learn 2019

1. Self-Organization in
an Age of Complexity
Alexander Ingster Hofgren
Coompanion Stockholm
Expanding Leadership
2019.01.31

2. Engagement crisis
Gallup 2016

3. Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Responsive.org/manifesto
Complicated
Predictable

4. Complex
Unpredictable
Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Network
Empowerment
Purpose
Responsive.org/manifesto

5. Self-organized
Higher purpose Distributed decision making Responsive
Organism
Pluralistic
Delight customers Shared values Engagement
Empowerment
Stakeholder balance
Culture over strategy
e.g. lean, agileFamily
Efficient
Competition Profit Objectives
Innovation
Accountability
Meritocracy
i.e. assembly line
Machine
Conforming
Hierarchy Stability Control
Formal Roles
Stable Processes
Long term perspective
i.e. church, school, military
Church
Laloux, Frederic. Reinventing organizations. Nelson Parker, 2014.
Impulsive
Fear Power Chaos
Authority
Division of Labour
i.e. gangs, tribal militiasWolfpack
Self-Management
Wholeness
Evolutionary Purpose
i.e. integration. authenticity
Organizational paradigm
Breakthrough Ideas
CharacteristicsComplexity

6. Self-Management
Network & Hierarchies

7. Autonomous teams
Fluid hierarchies

8. Wholeness
Control & Empowerment

9. Being the full you
Controlled processes

10. Evolutionary Purpose
Purpose & Profit

11. Allowing emergence
Evolutionary Purpose

12. Evaluation of individual tasks
How to perform individual tasks
Tasks and organizational structure
Resource allocation
HR
Strategy
SimplerHarder
Experiment and Celebrate

13. Both and
Integrating paradigms
Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Network
Empowerment
Purpose

14. What are you curious to
explore?

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16. Alexander Ingster Hofgren
alexander.ingster.hofgren@coompanion.se
stockholm.coompanion.se
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