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Anticipating Tomorrow’s Organisation
by Andrew Rixon PhD
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Did you know?Ants “discovered”
agriculture through division of labour
and hierarchy more than
40,000 years ago.
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How far have we come?
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Welcome the modern
organisational form…
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The Hierarchical Organisation
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Here’s a forgotten story
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Once upon a time…
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All was well within the hierarchy…
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Systems, Structures, Policies
and Procedures were all working
smoothly.
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Until one day when Jane saw a problem
sail in...
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A problem that saw the need for
change...
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Jane informed her boss. Her boss
informed her boss… And so on up the
hierarchy…
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Eventually…
The CEO became aware of the
problem.
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He agreed.
They needed to change.
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Jane waited and watched as the
problem sailed on...
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The CEO engaged his senior
leadership team.
They started work on a solution…
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They engaged down the business. Layer
by layer. The solution eventually
made it to Jane.
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The only problem was…
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There was now a new problem
arriving…
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Jane wondered if she would have to go through all that
AGAIN…
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Fortunately for Jane there was
something on the horizon which
meant she wouldn’t have to...
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Unfortunately for the organisation it also meant the end of the hierarchy as
they knew it.
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Post Script:
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A sign that we’ve moved beyond the
ants could be…
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We’re not so hung-up on hierarchies…
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Credits…
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This piece was inspired by Bob Dick’s article titled “Whatever happened to bureacracy”.
Simon Kneebone cartoonist extraordinaire produced the pictures within.
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Our flagship “Thriving in Complexity” programs include:
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