Does Your Organization Design Sabotage Your Culture?

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on February 21, 2024

Imagine a scenario we've seen unfold time and time again: A company that prides itself on being a tech innovation trendsetter embarks on a high-spirited journey to revamp its corporate culture. Leadership is all in, pouring resources into comprehensive workshops, inspirational team-building retreats, and even a vibrant rebranding of company values that now grace every corner of the office and the digital workspace alike. Management feels good. Employees have their healthy, but well-camouflaged doubts.

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Topics: Organization Design, Culture Of Innovation, corporate culture, Organizational Development

Organization Design and Development in Various Business Environments

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on January 30, 2024

In our rapidly evolving business landscape, two often discussed yet frequently confused concepts are Organization Design (OD) and Organizational Development (also OD). Although they share the same acronym, their focuses, processes, and outcomes are distinct, each playing a crucial role in the success and adaptability of organizations.  Considering the prominence of the two terms, it’s surprising how frequently they are used interchangeably in interviews, meetings, and projects, often leading to avoidable misunderstandings.

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Topics: Organization Design, Organizational Development

Believe – 2024

Believe – 2024: Drawing Inspiration from “Yes, Virginia” for Business and Change Leadership in the New Year.

 

Each Christmas season, Macy's iconic store in New York City adorns its façade with a single, powerful word: "Believe."

This tradition is inspired by the timeless message of the New York Sun’s 1897 editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus." A young girl named Virginia had written a letter to the newspaper wondering whether Santa Claus existed. She asked for confirmation from a credible source while her friends mocked her for what she believed to be true. The response she received from Francis Pharcellus Church became one of the most famous editorials in newspaper history. Its message is a timeless and heartwarming affirmation of the existence of Santa Claus, not as a person but as coming to life through our positive actions and embodiment of values such as hope and goodwill. The now-famous editorial symbolizes the powerful spirit of childhood wonder, hope, and joy. Transcending its original context, it is a rallying cry urging us to translate our beliefs and hopes into positive action.

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Topics: Organization Design, Change Leadership

Assessing The State of Your Organization

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on December 20, 2023

At the beginning of 2023, McKinsey surveyed more than 2,500 business leaders around the world. The results went into the report on The State of the Organization 2023.

At the time, only half of the participating organizations said they were well prepared to anticipate and react to external shocks, and two-thirds saw their organization as overly complex and inefficient.

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Topics: Organization Design, New Work, AI, Assessment

Appreciative Intelligence - Gratitude for Future Opportunities

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on November 22, 2023

Tomorrow, we are celebrating a holiday in the U.S. that is uniquely anchored in gratitude and appreciation. When we express what we are thankful for, we typically refer to the wonderful things in our lives that we are enjoying right now.

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Topics: Innovation, Organization Design, Appreciative Intelligence

AI Tools for Organization Design

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on October 31, 2023

The Organization Design Forum offered an insightful session on the of role AI in Organization Design last week.
 
The use of AI has become a central question in boardrooms and executive meetings. Evidently, companies must find ways of positioning themselves around AI as a new opportunity to innovate services and increase effectiveness. Why should the field of Organization Design, which typically assists companies in such efforts, be any different?

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Topics: Organization Design, Adaptive Organization Design, AI

5 Steps for Creating Mindful & Adaptive 'New Work' Strategies

5 Steps for Creating Mindful & Adaptive “New Work” Strategies

 

For the last three years, companies have seen tremendous advantages in staying remote or hybrid. Cost benefits and increased flexibility for employees seemed to speak a clear language: Remote or hybrid work models pay off. However, over the last 6-12 months, many companies decided to return to the office oftentimes via a company-wide mandate. In 2022, merely 31% of US businesses functioned on-site. That included those unable to operate remotely due to the nature of their work (e.g., factories or retail). In 2023, this figure jumped to 50%.

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Topics: New Work, Future of Work, Adaptive Work Strategies

Innovating Your Team Process to Navigate the New World of Work

Posted by LC GLOBAL® - Organization Design & Development on September 5, 2023

A recent Forbes Counsel article discusses some of the biggest challenges tech leaders are currently facing and how they intend to tackle them. 4 out of 20 leaders thought that it was crucial to responsibly integrate AI in business or utilize it to optimize workflows. 2 thought that workforce planning and combatting burn-out were top on the list.

 

The remaining 12 answers circled – one way or another – around team process and effectiveness, especially in light of the consistently changing work circumstances.


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Topics: Adaptability, Team Process, New Work, Team Collaboration

Agile Decision-Making: Clarity versus Confidence

The pandemic has magnified one of the most prominent difficulties leaders face during volatile times. Despite insufficient information, executives must make deeply consequential decisions, often on the spot.

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Topics: Innovation, Business Agility, Agile Decision Making, Adaptability

Identity Agility – Learning To Adapt Your Sense Of Who You Are

The Covid-19 pandemic has hit us in our core like no other crisis in modern history. From one moment to the next life as we knew it has changed in ways that we could not fathom.

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Topics: Identity, Enterprise Agility, IdentityAgility, OrganizationalBehavior, CorporatePsychology

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