Organizations have traditionally seen innovation as a process, not the result of healthy collaboration networks. Agile practices scale when people intentionally build human networks across internal and external boundaries. The result is an organization that is infinitely more flexible and responsive to opportunities, challenges and changes. In this state, the organization is positioned to take Continue
The New Role of Leadership: Human Networks and Transformation
Organizational Network Analysis (ONA) is a visual representation of the relationships that employees rely on to succeed in their jobs. It depicts daily interactions and conversations that occur that enable work. ONA provides leaders with an understanding of the “as is” network structure of their organization. They revel how work is actually getting done across Continue
The New Role of Leadership: Shaping Employee Networks for Agility and Innovation
Agility and product innovation can be difficult to master. Most companies that invest in Agile product and software development methods (in pursuit of enhanced innovation, quality and speed) fail to overcome the obvious: entrenched norms, beliefs and behaviors. Worse, Agile “improvements” often inject new conflict into the work processes. That’s the bad news. The good Continue