STRATEGIC ORG DESIGN
Org Topologies™ (OT) is the first human-centric plus AI-friendly organizational change approach.
Org Topologies prepares organizations for the future by getting change going today.
Org Topologies elevates organizations to be fit for purpose and is wide open: it applies to Farms and Pharma. Software and Services. Consulting and Construction.
This is the new world of strategic org design.
GET THE PRIMER
Org Topologies™ Primer is a free, comprehensive summary of the Org Topologies™ method to help you map, assess, design, and elevate your organizational ecosystem with a strategic org design approach:
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Two dimensions of org design
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Four organizational characteristics
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Sixteen archetypes within four groups
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Three distinctive organizational topologies
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Change MADE Real method
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Strategic AI adoption
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Something important not every leader knows:
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Different org designs can have different goals (e.g. adaptiveness, flow, etc.)
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Organizational goal can help or hinder a business objective (e.g. market share, profit, etc.)
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Leaders can and should deliberately design an organization to be fit for purpose: the org design goal (e.g. adaptive) should align with and influence the business objective (e.g. profit).
This is strategic org design in which every organizational element—from structures to career paths to policies to processes—is intentionally decided and aligned so that each part reinforces the others to be fit for purpose (e.g. “the org goal is high adaptiveness to support profit growth”).
Org Topologies Mapping
Org Topologies introduces this simple but powerful language to clarify organizational development without resorting to “agile” or other framework-specific jargon. This makes it easier to see things as they are, bringing together specialists from different backgrounds and facilitating open, unambiguous discussions about the current situation and the next steps.
The Org Topologies map is a visual thinking tool to guide the redesign of organizations, easy for many to use. And the related change method MADE unfolds in four distinct steps: Map, Assess, Design, and Elevate.
Elevating Katas™: Systemic Org Change
The Elevating Katas are a set of practices and principles that can be applied as thoughtful experiments to change the organizational structure, processes, policies, and so forth. We are working toward a collection of Elevating Katas that can be applied to get change going, helping to improve any organization in the thoughtful direction of any topology.
Benefits of Org Topologies
Senior Product Owner
"I used Org Topologies for the last two years myself, to answer questions regarding the agility of a team and the current project, and to identify the next steps moving forward. It supported me as a basis for alignment with our clients in identifying where we stand right now and, if there is a wish to evolve, which would be the right direction and actions. I recommend checking out if the Org Topologies might work for you as well"
Scrum Master / Agile Coach
"There are many tools out there that promise organizations the moon, but somehow with each attempt to improve the # of issues, only multiply. Frustrations and waste increase, while retention and resilience decrease, which is especially painful and costly in time of crisis. Org Topologies™ IS the missing link that orchestrates the connection between the REAL issue at hand and RIGHT solution."
