You can’t improve it if you don’t understand it
You can’t improve your organisation if you don’t understand what an organisation is.
So I googled organisation, this is what I found:
Organisation: noun
/ɔːɡ(ə)nʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
- An organised group of people with a particular purpose. – “a research organisation”
- The action of organising something. – “the organisation of conferences”
- The quality of being systematic and efficient. – “their lack of organisation”
- The way in which the elements of a whole are arranged. – “the functional organisation”
I’m not telling you anything you don’t know…
We create organisations because if we synchronise our efforts we achieve more. We create synergy.
Organisations are all about coordination, communication, purpose and effectiveness. So if our efforts aren’t synchronised we don’t have an organisation.
I don’t think anybody will disagree
The dilemma
Why do we spend so much time and effort optimising individual and functional performance?
And so little time coordinating and synchronising our efforts?
You can have the best people and the best functions, but if they don’t work together your performance will be dreadful.
Unconvinced?
Watch the video, an interesting minute and a half, I promise.
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Adrian Swinscoe says
James,
Like we know from sports….just because you have a team of stars doesn’t guarantee that you’ll win the league.
Adrian
James Lawther says
All those years I spent playing “magnet ball” Adrian
Annette Franz says
Great video, James, to make your point. Why do we build organizations that are silo’d? Maybe we don’t set out to do that, but at some point, it happens.
James Lawther says
Glad you liked it, the old videos often show how little things have changed