Change management, room for people to adapt, and clear decision rights are what make a new operating model stick.
Category Archives: Reform that lands
Don’t start your operating model design with an org chart
The org chart is the last artefact of operating-model design, not the first — and holding it back is what makes the rest of the model work.
Constraints as the seed of invention
Treat constraints as the seed of invention rather than an obstacle to design around.
Use OKRs at home
The discipline of OKRs works just as well on your own life as it does on an organisation.
If you’re not already using OKRs, start asap
OKRs work because they force you to decide what actually matters, and then hold yourself to it.
Is your proposal really viable?
Desirability, viability and feasibility are the three lenses every strategy, operating model or service design has to pass.
How to automate strategy execution
Design the organisation so that execution happens as a function of time, rather than as a separate effort.
Change management is not a mystical art
Change management done well is craft, structure and discipline — not charisma, and not force.