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Reinventing Organizations
for a Better Future
It’s time to reinvent organizations. Or is it?
From the idea of “teal organizations” proposed by Frédéric Laloux to the more recent work of groups like Corporate Rebels, we see an increased interest in the notion of ‘reinventing organizations.’ We’ll open with a brief history of these ideas, the structures being rebelled against, and the ethos behind these changes — all before turning our attention to more practical concerns.
To show these ideas in action, Nancy Dixon will discuss three organizations who have adopted these principles, and how it has worked out for them.
Next, Stephen Anderson will discuss what he has learned about creating ‘just enough structure’ for teams to be successful.
Then, Pete Sorenson will wrap things up with a focus on what all this means for leaders, wondering “how do we lead people in these new structures?”
Please join us online on August 13 to help us explore these 3 perspectives!
Speakers: Nancy Dixon, Stephen Anderson, Pete Sorenson (See full BIOs below)
Schedule for Thursday Evening:
– 6:45 Virtual setup and Networking
– 7:00 Announcements / Intros / Program <–Note earlier start!
– 8:45 Closing and evaluation
Zoom Link to Join Virtual Meeting will be sent to all who register.
Speaker BIOs:
Stephen P. Anderson is a design leader focused on workforce learning and organizational development. And he’s on a mission: To make learning the hard stuff fun, by creating ‘things to think with’ and ‘spaces’ for generative play. Through custom-designed toolkits, on-site training, and now via The Mighty Minds Club, Stephen helps product teams work through their most difficult situations. As a keynote speaker, Stephen continues to challenge and inspire audiences as he exposes the quirky connections between games, play, learning, interactive visualizations, and other exciting topics.
Stephen’s newest book, Figure It Out: Getting From Information to Understanding, was published in May 2020.
Nancy Dixon, PhD is founder of Common Knowledge Associates and is a thought leader in the field of Knowledge Management. Her recent research and consulting has focused on increasing the engagement and productivity of remote teams. She has written eight books as well as over 50 articles that focus on how organizations learn. Her latest thinking is on her blog, “Conversation Matters” at www.nancydixonblog.com.
Her consulting firm conducts in-depth assessments of knowledge sharing efforts within organizations, e.g. how people are collaborating, sharing knowledge, and making use of lessons learned. Dr. Dixon is a former tenured Professor of Administrative Sciences at The George Washington University, and served on The University of Texas Human Resource Development Graduate Faculty. Her book Common Knowledge was selected in 2010 as one of the best 100 business books.
Peter Jay Sorenson, CMC® is an independent strategic organization design and change management consultant, coach, social entrepreneur, university instructor, and ethicist. His professional focus is to collaborate on and discover and create the next generation of organization design technology that can match the speed of change and disruption in this volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous, (VUCA) digitally fueled world. (And on developing the next generation of organization designers that will make this world work from a values, effectiveness, and efficiency points of view.)
Personally his focus has been on using innovation to create economic and social self-reliance for individuals, families, and organizations in both the developing and developed world.