The future is podular
One of the most difficult challenges companies face today is how to be more flexible and adaptive in a dynamic, volatile business environment. How do you build a company that can identify and capitalize on opportunities, navigate around risks and other challenges, and respond quickly to changes in the environment? How do you embed that kind of agility into the DNA of your company?
The answer is to distribute control in such a way that decisions can be made as quickly and as close to customers as possible. There is no way for people to respond and adapt quickly if they have to get permission before they can do anything.
If you want an adaptive company, you will need to unleash the creative forces in your organization, so people have the freedom to deliver value to customers and respond to their needs more dynamically. One way to do this is by enabling small, autonomous units that can act and react quickly and easily, without fear of disrupting other business activities – pods.
A pod is a small, autonomous unit that is enabled and empowered to deliver the things that customers value.
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posted by dave at 12:58 PM
3 Comments:
dear Dave, i'll focus on distributing control the way you say in your article. the main problem and neuroreality of the 21st century is that you're looking for the person with the 5 names, Superman. it is proven that no matter how much a strategist you can be, you can't always look for a teacher, to become an editor, to become an employer, to become a friend and then to become literature because we'll become actors. although this is a main lesson in developing careers, we can't game nature and then blame the opposite side for all the inappropriate results. do you know what the practical conclusion is? you are commercial or you are not commercial because we hoped for the elegant behavior. today we can be many things and trully distribute control when we only know the truth, know before expecting someone else to know for you or talk on your behalf. impossible when you try to help, but its a tough world...i was motivated from the diagram connectivity!
I like this idea Dave and try to practice it where possible. However, where I get stuck is overcoming the immovable objects called managers!
You see, for every good idea that our 'pods' start to nurture - many more descend and circle the sandpit eyeing that new shiny red truck - all claiming it to be theirs!
I think if organisations are serious about innovation and creativity - they have to do more than to trust and encourage their workforces. Managers need to 'let go' of this idea of credit to themselves and instead see themselves as also facilitating change.
I suppose in a round-about way - how do we show an old world management environment the benefits of letting go in the 21st century?
Innovation is the key to being successful and surviving as a company. It is sad to see that many companies think they can do things the "old fashioned way" and look to remain a leader.
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