The highest performing teams in the military perform in highly decentralized, and empowered ways. When Dr. Stephen R. Covey visited the nuclear powered submarine I commanded, the USS Santa Fe, he told me it was the “most empowering workplace he’d ever seen.” MORE
Like the internet, this technology is designed to be decentralized, with “layers,” where each layer is defined by an interoperable open protocol on top of which companies, as well as individuals, can build products and services. We might best understand Bitcoin as a microcosm of how a new, decentralized, and automated financial system could work. Even years into the deployment of the internet, many believed that it was still a fad. MORE
That rigid hierarchies inhibit innovation and for organizations to have a competitive advantage, they need to decentralize and move to flatter hierarchies. One of the developing branches of psychology is the study of happiness: positive psychology. MORE
Decentralization of power: increasing responsibilities for line positions and lower echelons; fewer staff levels and hierarchical levels. Change seems to occur at an ever-increasing speed, making forecasts – especially those concerning long term scenarios – an extremely risky business. MORE
The distance to the event horizon is not measured in conventional units of distance; rather it is a proposed reiterative cycle that is expressed as a result of maneuver warfare principles as a practical model used to make the best decisions that shapes how people, teams, organizations and environments behave based on seven guiding principles: targeting critical vulnerabilities, boldness, surprise, focus, decentralized decision-making, tempo and combined arms. By Damian D. MORE
We also have a decentralized banking system, including more than 7,000 small banks , that provides loans to entrepreneurs. A decentralized political system in which states compete. The United States is perhaps unique among high-income nations in its degree of political decentralization. Each year, the United States produces more per person than most other advanced economies. In 2015 real GDP per capita was $56,000 in the United States. MORE
The DNA of “peer trust” is built on opposite characteristics – micro, bottom-up, decentralized, flowing and personal. During a recent stay at the Disney Swan hotel in Florida, I confess I did something in the bathroom I have done many times before. MORE
A collaborative team is the one where power is decentralized and everyone owns the final outcome. Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration. Mike Rutherford. MORE
They cover four critical concepts that enable a team to perform at the highest level: Cover and Move (to move as one), Simple (keep plans and communications simple), Prioritize and Execute (avoid target fixation on a single issue), and Decentralized Command (leaders at all levels must be empowered to make decisions). Extreme Ownership by Navy SEAL officers Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is about leadership as personal responsibility. Leaders must own everything in their world. MORE
They must be willing to decentralize their decision?making By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. But, at the same time, what most people learn the hard way is that it is not a short drive in the beautiful countryside. MORE
These teams are characterized by broad, open sharing of expertise and by decentralized decision making. Whether centralization (star structure) or decentralization (wheel structure) leads to better team performance has been a long-standing debate in team management. They decentralized design expertise when identifying solutions, and then centralized technical expertise to build them. How should teams of experts working on knowledge-intensive projects be structured? MORE
Simplicity stems from decentralization of power. “ Most re-organization efforts either focus on hard stuff (processes, strategy, structure, KPI’s) or on soft stuff (culture, values, relationships, feelings). MORE
Mason’s inability (or unwillingness) to decentralize and drive decision-making authority down to lower levels of the organization was probably a key factor in stagnation of the TQM effort at the operating level of the company. MORE
At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production. While regulatory policy, implementation, and rollout may differ from country to country, decentralization typically encompasses three phases. This seems like the natural end-game for the broader decentralization patterns we’re observing. Many governments still hesitate to foster the transition to decentralized power generation structures. MORE
Then relies heavily on centralized control and specialization, whereas now relies heavily on decentralized autonomous action.” In a world that is moving from a global economy driven by mass production to one driven by mass customization—a now economy—the demand for mass ingenuity, mass engagement, and mass action, has never been greater. In Business at the Speed of Now , author John Bernard says that there must also be a shift in the way we manage our organizations. MORE
To stay ahead of new intrusion techniques, companies need to adopt decentralized cybersecurity architectures, armed with intelligent mechanisms that will either automatically disconnect from a breached system or default to a “safe mode” that will enable them to operate at a reduced level until the effects of cyberattacks can be contained and corrected. Decentralized, intelligent systems can significantly decrease the risk of cyberattacks and minimize their damage. MORE
Decentralize decision making. Many firms over the last hundred years decentralized decision making. Decentralization gained momentum when Peter Drucker persuaded Alfred P. to decentralize decision making at General Motors Corporation. MORE
Now that you’ve absorbed the 8 basic principles of More Human Leadership , learned the 10 immutable laws that go with them, and truly know the difference between a boss and a leader , it’s now time to dig a little deeper. MORE
Blockchain experts call this “decentralization.” ” Decentralization offers the promise of nearly friction-free cooperation between members of complex networks that can add value to each other by enabling collaboration without central authorities and middle men. The decentralization that blockchain provides would change that, which could have huge possible impacts for economies in the developing world. MORE
Today we are moving toward a new model of increasingly decentralized organizations, where large operators are responsible for aggregating the resources of multiple people to provide a service to a much more active group of consumers. Blockchain facilitates the exchange of value in a secure and decentralized manner, without the need for an intermediary. But the most revolutionary aspect of blockchain technology is that it can run software in a secure and decentralized manner. MORE
Excessive ‘decentralization’ or ‘centralization’. If you are a manager you know that challenges can be overcome by solid people and systems. Below is from the Exponent Leadership Process – Created to make you the reason people continue great work and stay with your company. MORE
Byrne’s list of Drucker’s major accomplishments included: Introducing the idea of decentralization, a concept that became basic to every large organization in the world. The following is a guest post by William A. Cohen. Peter F. Drucker was a genius. Unlike Sir Isaac Newton he didn’t choose to spend his time observing that an apple fell down rather than up. Nor did he ponder on the inner workings and hidden mechanisms of the human mind as did Sigmund Freud. MORE
By allowing it to attract experts and retain with enticements of growth stocks, Alphabet’s decentralized financial structure may help it in this regard. HBR STAFF. MORE
There must be centralization to deliver decentralization. Then there is the really “bizarro&# contradiction of centralization/decentralization. It’s the moment of truth. That moment when all of what you’ve put into your leadership comes to fruition. MORE
The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Today’s American corporate world is a tale of two cultures. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha. I call this one Beta. MORE
Such a decentralized energy system would be capable of delivering efficient, reliable, and, in many cases, renewable energy. If they can seize the moment, centralized incumbents may turn out to be the true disruptors, ushering in a new era of decentralized power. In New York state, neighbors are testing their ability to sell solar energy to one another using blockchain technology. MORE
But the decentralization debate was different. Rogier knew Derek’s position—but he had gone to an executive training course on holacracy in Las Vegas and had come back so fired up that he was now pushing for self-managed teams at headquarters and complete decentralization at the country level. “He’s calling it ‘holacracy,’” she said, “but that’s still just decentralizing, which we can’t do any further. MORE
Certainly not of the sort that is practiced in the mission-oriented, highly decentralized, and dynamically shifting operating structures of the modern US military. Technorati Tags: US Air Force , military , collaboration , leader , follower , discipline , skill , courage , leadership , individual leadership , visionary , mission , decentralized , organization , perspective , followership , Presurfer , Economist , innovative , communication. MORE
Whether they promote flat, matrixed, open or decentralized organizations the message is the same: hierarchies are out-dated and need to be scrapped. There is a growing trend among organizational consultants and gurus toward democratic workplaces. The case is compelling. The evidence, however, isn’t as strong as many assert. MORE
Morgan (2005) uses a great image of a spider-plant to describe the decentralization trend. Handy’s (1998) shamrock organization might provide the right blend of centralization and decentralization to make it worthwhile for for-profit companies. A company could be centralized on one-leaf and decentralized on another. Other than the optional PayPal payment system, the marketplace is completely decentralized. MORE
Key to success: centralized plan, decentralized execution #leadership Click To Tweet. Today is June 9 th. D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy took place 73 years and three days ago, heralding the beginning of the end of the Axis powers in Europe during World War II. MORE
Issues such as globalization, decentralization, and the rapid pace of today’s marketplace have forced companies to evaluate the way they operate. The need for executive education is apparent. Key questions include: how can we learn from today’s best practitioners to understand the trends and challenges that will become the norm in the future? Are there “best” ways to develop current and future leaders? How will we pick our leaders? MORE
Thus, centralized firms more quickly rid themselves of unsuccessful products – almost twice as fast as their more decentralized peers. Therefore, decentralized firms may have delegated termination decisions to a product manager, to whom the underperforming product might look satisfactory, centralized firms are more sanguine and ready to pull. Our research also made clear that decentralized handset makers gave product managers great freedom to make decisions. MORE
This is due largely to the fact that the German economy went through an unprecedented process of decentralization of wage bargaining during the 1990s. During the 1990s employers and workers started using the wage-setting system differently, and that led to an unprecedented decentralization. Those reforms were implemented starting in 2003, nearly a decade after the process of wage decentralization and increases in competitiveness had begun in Germany. MORE
Alli Polin of Break the Frame observes that teams are increasingly decentralized and leaders are challenged to create connection when face to face interaction is infrequent at best. Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival. MORE
The decentralization of the Apache tribal leadership. Spanish versus Mexican administration. Jesuits versus Franciscans. The Gadsden Purchase. An important Confederate map. A gold strike. 850 miles of canals. Italian stone masons. Texas muleskinners. Floods in Phoenix. MORE
And there is a balance to strike balance between centralized and decentralized, local and global that is not easy. “Crisis response must start by building a strong culture long before the crisis hits,” say Jeffrey Liker and Tim Ogden, authors of Toyota Under Fire. Turning crisis into opportunity is all about culture. It’s not about PR strategies, or charismatic leadership, or vision, or any specific action by any individual. MORE
In addition, rather than decentralizing the structure of the organization, flattening usually results in a drastic centralization. Wolf’s research implies that flattening alone is an insufficient strategy for reducing costs or decentralizing decision making. For the past few decades, the business press and management consultants have pushed for large organizations to flatten their structure. Recent research, however, may be taking some of the wind out of their sails. MORE
The first step in achieving the vision of a decentralized, citizen-focused police service. Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west. MORE
Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. DAVE WHEELER FOR HBR. Warren Buffett is rightfully admired for his investment record as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, which has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by more than 10% annually during his 50-year tenure. MORE
Corporate America has had no shortage of heroes: Kellogg, Hewlett, Disney, Packard, Kroc, Watson, Ash and Iacocca. These leaders come to mind as examples of lions that have emblazoned their names as corporate giants. MORE
Still others may revolve around an decentralized model (such as a mentoring program). A recent Bersin study reported that U.S. companies invest over $2,000 in leadership development initiatives per company leader. That’s great news. But is it worth the investment? MORE
Here are 3 reasons I personally prefer a team approach for this function of our church: Decentralized control - With one person in charge, if that person gets sick, moves, or decides he or she gets tired and quits, the whole church would suffer. MORE
Decentralization Related Topics QAspire
AUGUST 30, 2016
Simplicity stems from decentralization of power. “ Most re-organization efforts either focus on hard stuff (processes, strategy, structure, KPI’s) or on soft stuff (culture, values, relationships, feelings).
Michael Lee Stallard
AUGUST 28, 2016
Decentralize decision making. Many firms over the last hundred years decentralized decision making. Decentralization gained momentum when Peter Drucker persuaded Alfred P. to decentralize decision making at General Motors Corporation.
LDRLB
NOVEMBER 10, 2010
Morgan (2005) uses a great image of a spider-plant to describe the decentralization trend. Handy’s (1998) shamrock organization might provide the right blend of centralization and decentralization to make it worthwhile for for-profit companies. A company could be centralized on one-leaf and decentralized on another. Other than the optional PayPal payment system, the marketplace is completely decentralized.
Let's Grow Leaders
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Alli Polin of Break the Frame observes that teams are increasingly decentralized and leaders are challenged to create connection when face to face interaction is infrequent at best. Welcome back to the Let’s Grow Leaders Frontline Festival.
N2Growth Blog
MAY 1, 2017
Decentralization of power: increasing responsibilities for line positions and lower echelons; fewer staff levels and hierarchical levels. Change seems to occur at an ever-increasing speed, making forecasts – especially those concerning long term scenarios – an extremely risky business.
RapidStart Leadership
JUNE 9, 2017
Key to success: centralized plan, decentralized execution #leadership Click To Tweet. Today is June 9 th. D-Day, the Allied Invasion of Normandy took place 73 years and three days ago, heralding the beginning of the end of the Axis powers in Europe during World War II.
Leading Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2015
They cover four critical concepts that enable a team to perform at the highest level: Cover and Move (to move as one), Simple (keep plans and communications simple), Prioritize and Execute (avoid target fixation on a single issue), and Decentralized Command (leaders at all levels must be empowered to make decisions). Extreme Ownership by Navy SEAL officers Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is about leadership as personal responsibility. Leaders must own everything in their world.
QAspire
MARCH 18, 2014
A collaborative team is the one where power is decentralized and everyone owns the final outcome. Being in a band is always a compromise. Provided that the balance is good, what you lose in compromise, you gain by collaboration. Mike Rutherford.
Nathan Magnuson
OCTOBER 19, 2015
Still others may revolve around an decentralized model (such as a mentoring program). A recent Bersin study reported that U.S. companies invest over $2,000 in leadership development initiatives per company leader. That’s great news. But is it worth the investment?
Managing Leadership
FEBRUARY 4, 2011
Certainly not of the sort that is practiced in the mission-oriented, highly decentralized, and dynamically shifting operating structures of the modern US military. Technorati Tags: US Air Force , military , collaboration , leader , follower , discipline , skill , courage , leadership , individual leadership , visionary , mission , decentralized , organization , perspective , followership , Presurfer , Economist , innovative , communication.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 10, 2017
These teams are characterized by broad, open sharing of expertise and by decentralized decision making. Whether centralization (star structure) or decentralization (wheel structure) leads to better team performance has been a long-standing debate in team management. They decentralized design expertise when identifying solutions, and then centralized technical expertise to build them. How should teams of experts working on knowledge-intensive projects be structured?
Leading Blog
MARCH 27, 2012
Then relies heavily on centralized control and specialization, whereas now relies heavily on decentralized autonomous action.” In a world that is moving from a global economy driven by mass production to one driven by mass customization—a now economy—the demand for mass ingenuity, mass engagement, and mass action, has never been greater. In Business at the Speed of Now , author John Bernard says that there must also be a shift in the way we manage our organizations.
LDRLB
JANUARY 12, 2011
That rigid hierarchies inhibit innovation and for organizations to have a competitive advantage, they need to decentralize and move to flatter hierarchies. One of the developing branches of psychology is the study of happiness: positive psychology.
Tanveer Naseer
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Byrne’s list of Drucker’s major accomplishments included: Introducing the idea of decentralization, a concept that became basic to every large organization in the world. The following is a guest post by William A. Cohen. Peter F. Drucker was a genius. Unlike Sir Isaac Newton he didn’t choose to spend his time observing that an apple fell down rather than up. Nor did he ponder on the inner workings and hidden mechanisms of the human mind as did Sigmund Freud.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 17, 2017
At the same time, we’re also seeing the decentralization of power production. While regulatory policy, implementation, and rollout may differ from country to country, decentralization typically encompasses three phases. This seems like the natural end-game for the broader decentralization patterns we’re observing. Many governments still hesitate to foster the transition to decentralized power generation structures.
LDRLB
AUGUST 8, 2012
In addition, rather than decentralizing the structure of the organization, flattening usually results in a drastic centralization. Wolf’s research implies that flattening alone is an insufficient strategy for reducing costs or decentralizing decision making. For the past few decades, the business press and management consultants have pushed for large organizations to flatten their structure. Recent research, however, may be taking some of the wind out of their sails.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 15, 2017
Today we are moving toward a new model of increasingly decentralized organizations, where large operators are responsible for aggregating the resources of multiple people to provide a service to a much more active group of consumers. Blockchain facilitates the exchange of value in a secure and decentralized manner, without the need for an intermediary. But the most revolutionary aspect of blockchain technology is that it can run software in a secure and decentralized manner.
N2Growth Blog
JULY 22, 2014
The distance to the event horizon is not measured in conventional units of distance; rather it is a proposed reiterative cycle that is expressed as a result of maneuver warfare principles as a practical model used to make the best decisions that shapes how people, teams, organizations and environments behave based on seven guiding principles: targeting critical vulnerabilities, boldness, surprise, focus, decentralized decision-making, tempo and combined arms. By Damian D.
Leading Blog
JUNE 3, 2011
And there is a balance to strike balance between centralized and decentralized, local and global that is not easy. “Crisis response must start by building a strong culture long before the crisis hits,” say Jeffrey Liker and Tim Ogden, authors of Toyota Under Fire. Turning crisis into opportunity is all about culture. It’s not about PR strategies, or charismatic leadership, or vision, or any specific action by any individual.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 6, 2017
Blockchain experts call this “decentralization.” ” Decentralization offers the promise of nearly friction-free cooperation between members of complex networks that can add value to each other by enabling collaboration without central authorities and middle men. The decentralization that blockchain provides would change that, which could have huge possible impacts for economies in the developing world.
LDRLB
SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
Whether they promote flat, matrixed, open or decentralized organizations the message is the same: hierarchies are out-dated and need to be scrapped. There is a growing trend among organizational consultants and gurus toward democratic workplaces. The case is compelling. The evidence, however, isn’t as strong as many assert.
Deming Institute
NOVEMBER 21, 2016
Mason’s inability (or unwillingness) to decentralize and drive decision-making authority down to lower levels of the organization was probably a key factor in stagnation of the TQM effort at the operating level of the company.
N2Growth Blog
APRIL 28, 2014
They must be willing to decentralize their decision?making By Damian D. “Skipper” Pitts. Chair, Organizational Development, N2Growth. By now, we all know that leadership is tough, hard, exciting and demanding. But, at the same time, what most people learn the hard way is that it is not a short drive in the beautiful countryside.
Marshall Goldsmith
DECEMBER 9, 2013
Issues such as globalization, decentralization, and the rapid pace of today’s marketplace have forced companies to evaluate the way they operate. The need for executive education is apparent. Key questions include: how can we learn from today’s best practitioners to understand the trends and challenges that will become the norm in the future? Are there “best” ways to develop current and future leaders? How will we pick our leaders?
Harvard Business Review
MAY 17, 2017
To stay ahead of new intrusion techniques, companies need to adopt decentralized cybersecurity architectures, armed with intelligent mechanisms that will either automatically disconnect from a breached system or default to a “safe mode” that will enable them to operate at a reduced level until the effects of cyberattacks can be contained and corrected. Decentralized, intelligent systems can significantly decrease the risk of cyberattacks and minimize their damage.
Execupundit
FEBRUARY 22, 2014
The decentralization of the Apache tribal leadership. Spanish versus Mexican administration. Jesuits versus Franciscans. The Gadsden Purchase. An important Confederate map. A gold strike. 850 miles of canals. Italian stone masons. Texas muleskinners. Floods in Phoenix.
Harvard Business Review
APRIL 20, 2017
We also have a decentralized banking system, including more than 7,000 small banks , that provides loans to entrepreneurs. A decentralized political system in which states compete. The United States is perhaps unique among high-income nations in its degree of political decentralization. Each year, the United States produces more per person than most other advanced economies. In 2015 real GDP per capita was $56,000 in the United States.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Thus, centralized firms more quickly rid themselves of unsuccessful products – almost twice as fast as their more decentralized peers. Therefore, decentralized firms may have delegated termination decisions to a product manager, to whom the underperforming product might look satisfactory, centralized firms are more sanguine and ready to pull. Our research also made clear that decentralized handset makers gave product managers great freedom to make decisions.
Curious Cat
MARCH 10, 2015
The first step in achieving the vision of a decentralized, citizen-focused police service. Field operations are decentralized into four areas of the city – central, south, east, north and west.
Strategy Driven
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
The other, smaller and rarer, is decentralized, horizontal, and inclusive. Today’s American corporate world is a tale of two cultures. One, more traditional and common, is centralized and hierarchical. I call it Alpha. I call this one Beta.
Create Learning
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Excessive ‘decentralization’ or ‘centralization’. If you are a manager you know that challenges can be overcome by solid people and systems. Below is from the Exponent Leadership Process – Created to make you the reason people continue great work and stay with your company.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 13, 2017
This is due largely to the fact that the German economy went through an unprecedented process of decentralization of wage bargaining during the 1990s. During the 1990s employers and workers started using the wage-setting system differently, and that led to an unprecedented decentralization. Those reforms were implemented starting in 2003, nearly a decade after the process of wage decentralization and increases in competitiveness had begun in Germany.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 23, 2017
Such a decentralized energy system would be capable of delivering efficient, reliable, and, in many cases, renewable energy. If they can seize the moment, centralized incumbents may turn out to be the true disruptors, ushering in a new era of decentralized power. In New York state, neighbors are testing their ability to sell solar energy to one another using blockchain technology.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 8, 2016
But the decentralization debate was different. Rogier knew Derek’s position—but he had gone to an executive training course on holacracy in Las Vegas and had come back so fired up that he was now pushing for self-managed teams at headquarters and complete decentralization at the country level. “He’s calling it ‘holacracy,’” she said, “but that’s still just decentralizing, which we can’t do any further.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 8, 2017
Like the internet, this technology is designed to be decentralized, with “layers,” where each layer is defined by an interoperable open protocol on top of which companies, as well as individuals, can build products and services. We might best understand Bitcoin as a microcosm of how a new, decentralized, and automated financial system could work. Even years into the deployment of the internet, many believed that it was still a fad.
Ron Edmondson
JANUARY 25, 2011
Here are 3 reasons I personally prefer a team approach for this function of our church: Decentralized control - With one person in charge, if that person gets sick, moves, or decides he or she gets tired and quits, the whole church would suffer.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 20, 2015
The DNA of “peer trust” is built on opposite characteristics – micro, bottom-up, decentralized, flowing and personal. During a recent stay at the Disney Swan hotel in Florida, I confess I did something in the bathroom I have done many times before.
Harvard Business Review
DECEMBER 14, 2015
Berkshire Hathaway is known for its extreme decentralization. DAVE WHEELER FOR HBR. Warren Buffett is rightfully admired for his investment record as chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, which has outperformed the S&P 500 Index by more than 10% annually during his 50-year tenure.
Harvard Business Review
AUGUST 18, 2015
By allowing it to attract experts and retain with enticements of growth stocks, Alphabet’s decentralized financial structure may help it in this regard. HBR STAFF.
Harvard Business Review
MAY 27, 2015
The highest performing teams in the military perform in highly decentralized, and empowered ways. When Dr. Stephen R. Covey visited the nuclear powered submarine I commanded, the USS Santa Fe, he told me it was the “most empowering workplace he’d ever seen.”
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