How can we increase our focus in a complex adaptive system? A slideshow....
Past State of Operations
Current State of Operations
But without an anchor, you tend to drift with no direction.
Living in a WhiteWater world world is like living in a Complex Adaptive System (CAS) ~HSD.
No Anchor While Working in a Whitewater World …Can Influence Internal Doubts
Internal Doubts Can Cause Hopelessness
•When Your Identity Is Unclear
•When Your Purpose is Undefined
•When Your Future is Uncertain
Structure Defines Direction
Team-Level Structure.
Hackman’s Five Conditions That Foster and Support Effective Self-Management:
(1) clear, engaging direction
(2) an enabling performing unit structure
(3) a supportive organizational context
(4) available, expert coaching
(5) adequate material resources
Organizational-Level Structure
Enterprise of the Future Conceptual Framework
•Hierarchies and matrices need to be replaced by fluid, agile, social networks and communities.•Process models can no longer focus solely on tasks but must include streamlined decision flows.•In the compressed time cycles of today’s world, the right decisions need to be made quickly and consistently at points dispersed from central authority.•This demands coming up with entirely new decision models, supported by real-time collaboration tools and self-organizing networking environments
The Enterprise of the Future is a self-organizing, adaptive, learning network of social knowledge entrepreneurs achieving mutual goal, such as:
•Quickly learn and adapt to changes in the environment•Find value where others can’t•Make enlightened business decisions•Quickly and effectively carry out those decisions•Measure outcomes and make adjustments•Continuously innovate – driving the changes in the market rather than vice versa.
