LDRLB

MARCH 20, 2013

The fundamental problem in management is that the world is uncertain, and people hate dealing with uncertainty. All of the bad aspects of bureaucracy come from trying to build systems that provide certainty in a world that is by its very nature uncertain.

Management 165

Management Bureaucracy Uncertainty Delegation 165

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2013

Or take Salesforce.com and its willingness to have self-organizing development teams continuously tweaking code, even though, with a global system serving more than two million subscribers, the risks of introducing errors into its 30 million lines of code would seem to present compelling reasons not to. We" is smarter than "me".

Management 8

Management Bureaucracy Self-aware Agility 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

We didn’t want to overlay them with the Ford bureaucracy. Put simply, if disruption is coming from a new way of putting the parts of the system together, the solution cannot be to keep them separate. If you have wondered how one company can have a separate car and mobility business you have already understood the problem.

Christensen 8

Christensen Hedge Bureaucracy Innovation 8

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 26, 2021

The responses to the survey suggest that this lengthy process is endured not because it’s legally required but because of the uncertainties and delays in the visa system prompt people to use it as a bridge towards working in the country permanently. An unfair advantage.

Policies 96

Policies Bureaucracy Skills Survey 96

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

In this way, the old system would produce a defined solution for a defined problem. The old school methods of long-term planning and development created a false sense of security or pseudo-stability that has long been valued by stifling corporate bureaucracy. So what is the benefit to taking this position of uncertainty?

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

But he also realized that the existing system was not working as needed. Only a relatively small group of employees submitted ideas through the system, which required them to prove the economic advantage of their ideas through a lengthy and complicated process. Removing the Barriers to Creativity.

Creativity 9

Creativity How To System Motivation 9

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 28, 2013

And in some cases, the turmoil surrounding the Arab Spring has shown that a social franchise is the only effective model in times of great uncertainty. These individuals are crucial to securing local financial support, building credibility, and greasing the wheels in negotiations with businesses and bureaucracies.

Franchising 8

Franchising Uncertainty NGO Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

Use of the word “suffering” by clinicians and leading medical journals was rare in the past, because the term was considered overly-emotional, but “suffering” is being invoked with increasing frequency by health care providers – again, with the goal of reminding clinicians of the anxiety, confusion, and uncertainty that their patients endure.

Health Care 8

Health Care How To Uncertainty Bureaucracy 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

In an effort to become known as a positive place, for example, Ochsner Health System made it a punishable offense for any employee to fail to smile within 10 feet of a customer. When common sense and bureaucracy clash, you see headlines like the one about a longtime Lowe’s employee who was fired for calling 911 on a shoplifter.

Policies 9

Policies Price Handbook Compliance 9

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Research from the University of Oslo suggests the quality of Norway’s political institutions is a major factor, with strong protection of property rights, reliable public bureaucracy and minimal corruption all contributing to robust economic growth. These are what the World Economic Forum refers to as the glue of innovation systems.

Resources 84

Resources Innovation GDP Education 84

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

Far more than the old western frontier, the digital frontier is a place of recklessness, confusion, uncertainty, calamity, and danger. ” In 1995, I wrote, “Bureaucracies by definition resist change, thinking that heads-down is the route to survival. “Many governments seem slow to comprehend the shift.”

Open-book 8

Open-book Technology Offshoring Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

The recent failed coup attempt has thrown Turkey into new depths of instability and uncertainty. This was possible only because of the vast powers vested in the bureaucracy, judiciary, and security forces that facilitated the persecution of groups and individuals deemed threats to the integrity of the state.

Politics 8

Politics Incubator Bureaucracy Policies 8