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Is The Structure Of The Organization Really That Important?

The Horizons Tracker

Systems intelligence describes the connection of human sensitivity and engineering thinking. It takes full account of the interaction between individuals and their environment while examining people and organizations through things such as attitude, attunement, systemic perception, and effective responsiveness. .

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The Winners of the Management 2.0 Challenge: How They Are Reinventing Management

Harvard Business Review

Challenge , asking how could technology inform and enable management innovation. There is so much to learn, borrow, and build upon in these winning entries when it comes to how we can use the principles, and tools of the Web to make our organizations more adaptable, innovative, inspiring, and accountable.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. I love two things about “Building a Learning Organization” (1993), Garvin’s initial foray into that topic in our pages (and his most-cited article). But the main contribution of “Is Yours a Learning Organization?”

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The Core Incompetencies of the Corporation

Harvard Business Review

Despite their resource advantages, incumbents are seldom the authors of game-changing innovation. It’s not that veteran CEOs discount the value of innovation; rather, they’ve inherited organizational structures and processes that are inherently toxic to break-out thinking and relentless experimentation. See the rest of the series here.