A virtual space for analyzing organizations and learning through hands-on design practice.
Are You Wasting Time and Money on Management Fads that Don’t Work? There seems to be an endless supply of simplistic formulas and prescriptive quick fixes focused on the individual “pieces and parts” of the organization. Unfortunately, these generic “recipes” seldom work and often make the situation worse by causing unintended problems in other parts of the organization. Like you, we are troubled by the time and money wasted on simplistic solutions that don’t work and the large percentage of businesses that ultimately fail.
While business schools teach the functions of business in their individual course “silos,” few teach you how to design and integrate these functions to form an interconnected high-performing system uniquely suited to your situation, strategy, and stakeholders. What is needed is nothing short of a renaissance of organizational thinking and design. Reaching your organization’s full potential requires custom systems that fit your unique organization and situation “like a glove!”
The Organization Design Studio® is a digital support system to help leaders worldwide design the custom “bespoke” organizations they really want. The studio is designed to help you understand organization design concepts, find your own answers, and create your own custom designs. The studio website was recently reimagined and recreated and 12 virtual design labs are being developed, coming soon.
Introduction to the Studio
Five videos and articles provide an overview of the key concepts that form the foundation for the studio.
#1 The Good, The Bad, The Uncertain examines how organizations have produced incredible advancements, but also created unintended consequences, and are poorly designed for the current uncertain world we live in today. Watch the Video and Read the Article
#2 Organization Design explores our definition of organization design as the reality that we imagine and communicate that influences the behavior of the people and creates the objective results we desire. Watch the Video and Read the Article
#3 Organization Systems presents a systems approach to organizational design, encompassing nine interconnected groups of activities and decisions that comprise the typical modern organization. Watch the Video and Read the Article
#4 The Studio provides an overview of how our design process works, including the framework and methodology, along with a brief description of each of the 12 labs that guide the design process. Watch the Video and Read the Article
#5 Leader as Designer addresses what it takes to be a purpose-driven leader who continuously reinvents their organization for sustainable success, including the attitudes and motivations of successful organization designers. Watch the Video and Read the Article
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