Yet another organizational design trap is not identifying the strategy before embarking on the design journey. Many organizations lack a true strategy and instead have a collection of goals and objectives. Without a clear strategy, organizational design becomes fragmented and disconnected. Leaders need to design a strategy that is adaptable to the changing world, and we, as practitioners, should design organizations capable of executing that strategy.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction

00:46 Designing Around People

01:21 Lack of Clarity on Strategy

04:38 Political Nature of Strategy

07:47 Disconnect between Strategy and Org Design

08:08 Articulating the Strategy

09:05 Continuous Change and Adaptability

13:03 Clarifying Language and Strategy

14:32 Takeaways

15:27 Conclusion