In adaptive organization design, we don’t just structure for efficiency, such as by removing bottlenecks or redundancies. We design to shape leadership behaviors, system interactions, and team dynamics to prevent reactive cycles and instead enable prompt, sound, and proactive decision-making.
Topics: Adaptability, Organizational Decision-Making, OrgDesign
This week’s DeepSeek incident sent shockwaves through global markets wiping out over 1 trillion in market value in a single day. The Chinese AI startup’s sudden rise—offering an alternative to existing AI models—led to a steep selloff in major tech stocks, including a historic $593 billion drop in Nvidia’s market cap alone. While this sounds like a once in a life-time event, the reality is: It's part of a very normal "faster, cheaper, better" innovation cylce. The sheer speed of brutal competition and disruption raises an essential question: Is your organization designed to embrace competition and stay ahead of disruption?
Topics: Organization Design, Business Innovation, disruptive change, Disruptive Innovation, Adaptability, OrgDesign
When organizations transition to flatter structures, they often aspire to empower teams, foster collaboration, and enable agile decision-making. Yet, one of the most common challenges we encounter when we are being called into an organization is the persistence of "zombie structures." These are legacy habits, processes, and behaviors that refuse to stay buried, undermining the transformation effort.
Topics: Organization Design, Business Innovation, Adaptability, OrgDesign
As we welcome 2025, we want to start by wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Reflecting on the past year, we’re deeply grateful for the positive impact we’ve created together with our clients. Now, we look forward to a year filled with adaptive organization design, business model innovations, and business transformation.
While the new year naturally brings action-oriented energy, it’s also a valuable opportunity to reflect, plan, and align with the goals that truly matter. What do we want to achieve in 2025? How can our business create meaningful change? And how can we ensure that the transformation we undertake leads to a positive, lasting impact—both within our organizations and beyond?
Topics: Organization Design, Business Innovation, Adaptability, OrgDesign
The book “The Good Life” by Robert Waldinger discusses the findings from the Harvard Study of Adult Development, one of the longest-running studies on human happiness. The study, which started in 1938, has tracked the lives of 724 men over 75 years and now includes their children. The key takeaway from this extensive research is that good relationships are the cornerstone of a happy and healthy life. The study found that people who are more socially connected to family, friends, and community are happier, physically healthier, and live longer than those who are less well-connected. Conversely, loneliness is associated with less happiness, poorer health, and shorter lifespans.
Topics: Organization Desgin, OrgDesign, EmployeeEngagement, RTO, Happiness, EmployeeWellBeing
The use of AI in organizations has evolved significantly over the decades, from early expert systems in the 1980s to the rise of machine learning and big data in the 2010s. AI became integral to various business processes, improving efficiency and driving innovation. The introduction of OpenAI's ChatGPT in 2022 marked a transformative moment. ChatGPT and other advanced natural language processing capabilities revolutionized customer service, content creation, internal communication, and decision support. It democratized many organizational processes by making sophisticated tools accessible to smaller enterprises and employees, fostering innovation, and enhancing productivity.
Topics: Organization Desgin, AI, OrgDesign
