Anticipating Tomorrows Organisation
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The document discusses the evolution of modern organizational forms from traditional hierarchies to more adaptive structures, using the example of an employee named Jane who encounters a problem that requires a lengthy decision-making process within a hierarchy. It highlights the inefficiencies of hierarchies in responding to change and suggests a shift toward agile, resilient organizational approaches. The work is inspired by Bob Dick's article on bureaucracy and promotes tools for navigating complexity in organizations.
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- 1. Anticipating Tomorrows Organisation by Andrew Rixon PhD
- 2. Did you know? Ants discovered agriculture through division of labour and hierarchy more than 40,000 years ago.
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- 15. Jane informed her boss. Her boss informed her boss And so on up the hierarchy
- 17. Eventually The CEO became aware of the problem.
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- 19. Jane waited and watched as the problem sailed on...
- 21. The CEO engaged his senior leadership team. They started work on a solution
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- 25. There was now a new problem arriving
- 27. Jane wondered if she would have to go through all that AGAIN
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- 30. Unfortunately for the organisation it also meant the end of the hierarchy as they knew it.
- 32. Post Script:
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