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Category: Musings

Decentralization: A unique and inevitable feature of organizations in complexity

24. October 2020 Niels Pflaeging

The problem with probably 99% of models, or concepts of organizational design (“org design”), organizational structure and development is that…

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Musings: Delegation, Empowerment, Decentralization

28. June 2018 Niels Pflaeging

#Delegation: “As your boss, I give you a specific authority now. I can take this privilege away from you any…

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Musings: Tesla

15. May 2018 Niels Pflaeging

No, Elon Musk, your company should not be “flatter”: Because “flat” only perpetuates the problem! If you want to see…

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Musings: 7 years of Org Physics

12. May 2018 Niels Pflaeging

When Silke Hermann and I developed the concept of #OrgPhysics, in 2011, we thought of it first and foremost as a model…

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Musings: “Transformation” takes just 18 months!

22. April 2018 Niels Pflaeging

Many believe that full-fledge “transformation” from Alpha to Beta would take a long, long time. Many believe that people, or…

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Musings: Culture, strategy and the like

7. April 2018 Niels Pflaeging

For decades, when people referred to organizational phenomena they did not quite understand, they coined that “strategy”. No more. Today,…

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Musings: Semantics

Niels Pflaeging

“But that´s semantics!” We have all heard this phrase. It usually comes up when somebody struggles with getting his or…

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Musings: Homage to John Seddon

21. March 2018 Niels Pflaeging

The work of John Seddon, co-creator of the “Vanguard method” is one of the finest thinkers within the sphere of…

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Musings: Self-organization and control

15. March 2018 Niels Pflaeging

It is a popular fear and misunderstanding that self-organization would equal “no control”, “no boundaries”, or outright “anarchy” and “chaos”. Actual…

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What is it that the demise of the #HolacracyFad should really, really teach us?

14. March 2018 Niels Pflaeging

The #HolacracyFad is over, or at least it is finally ending. That is a good thing, without doubt: Because holacracy…

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