Digital Transformation, Innovation, Optimization, and Disruption: Spin the Dial
…any optimization strategy that focuses on improving the current situation may not lead to the best solution. So, how do you find the best solution? …For our Digital Transformation efforts to be successful at achieving our strategic goals..we must embrace disruption, loosen the connections between people and take steps to make our technology loosely-coupled and flexible. Such transformation is a tall order to be sure, and many organizations seeking it drop the ball in one way or another..Stop managing hierarchically. Instead, spin off autonomous, self-organizing teams. Don’t fear disruption. Instead, embrace and drive disruption. Change reporting structures. Move people around. Rethink governance. Revamp HR policies and procedures. Get rid of all the scar tissue in the organization that is getting in the way of innovation. Let people self-organize and let them figure out how to adapt to disruption on their own…
Via Jason Bloomberg, WIRED
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