In my last post, I began to outline a new approach for innovation in complex ecosystems. Efforts to drive reform in Healthcare, Education, and Energy have routinely struggled, and progress has been elusive. My thought process was sparked, in part, by an analysis of complexity science written by Beth Noveck & David Johnson. But much [...]
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Framework for Ecosystem Change (1): Current State
Posted in complexity, ecosystem, tagged change, collaboration, ecosystem, evolution, opengov, silo on September 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Organization Change: the ‘Organic’ POV
Posted in complexity, e20, gov20, tagged change, crisis, machine, organism, organization, process, structure, workforce on August 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In times of dramatic change and crisis, executives (perhaps in line with human nature) revert to known formulas .. tapping structured, controlled and seemingly “safe “solutions. In Stephen Billing’s blog “Organizational Change is Not a Relay Race” he warns against relying on formal & rigid decision processes in times of crisis. Most dangerous: hand-offs between [...]
Downside of Scale in the 21st-Century (re: Agility)
Posted in complexity, e20, tagged bureaucracy, collaboration, competition, economy, ROA, scale, silo, trend on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Recently came across a good post by Oliver Marks (@OliverMarks) covering a brief CNBC interview w/ Deloitte’s John Hagel. The topic was the cummulative economic impact of large scale operations, and the ever-declining Return on Assets (ROA) across industry over the last 40 years. The conclusion derives from basic business economics. As assets get ever larger, returns from those assets, ROA, will trend to zero. Incremental [...]
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