Self-Organization in
an Age of Complexity
Alexander Ingster Hofgren
Coompanion Stockholm
Expanding Leadership
2019.01.31
Engagement crisis
Gallup 2016
Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Responsive.org/manifesto
Complicated
Predictable
Complex
Unpredictable
Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Network
Empowerment
Purpose
Responsive.org/manifesto
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
Self-Management
Network & Hierarchies
Autonomous teams
Fluid hierarchies
Wholeness
Control & Empowerment
Being the full you
Controlled processes
Evolutionary Purpose
Purpose & Profit
Allowing emergence
Evolutionary Purpose
Evaluation of individual tasks
How to perform individual tasks
Tasks and organizational structure
Resource allocation
HR
Strategy
SimplerHarder
Experiment and Celebrate
Both and
Integrating paradigms
Hierarchies
Control
Profit
Network
Empowerment
Purpose
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Self Organization in an Age of Complexity