What does it take to build and lead organisations where people want to work?
Morten Elvang is an expert on strategy execution and has toured many of our peer groups in the past months talking about strategy execution and getting big things done.
In a recent members' call, he told us more about how work is changing and its implications for all enterprises. It was an interactive session, where we talked about the need for more openness, strategy in a steering role, flexible organisations and more.
Read more“The way we have always thought about strategy is very centralised and top-down. That’s controlling and directive - and leads to very detailed strategic plans. We need to move towards something lighter, that is driven by shared-purpose.”
When I spoke to Boston-based Rachel Happe, I was naturally hoping she would elaborate on her memorable remark from 2018 on how control is for amateurs. As you can tell from the opening quote, what unfolded was not just a conversation about control and communities, but a fascinating perspective on its impact on business strategies, organisational structures and how we collaborate. Many executives are really struggling to be successful because organizational models are out of sync with the speed of information.
Rachel is the co-founder of The Community Roundtable and strongly believes in the power of community to enable human potential. She is our expert of the month.
Read moreStrategies never succeed on software alone. On the contrary, most of the actions involved in implementing a new strategy has to be performed by people. Still, formulating and ensuring deadlines are met might be aided by visual management tools as well as simple, well worked routines that focuses on honest assessment of every employee’s ability to execute tasks.
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