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“Culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Peter Drucker (maybe)
Why do people resist change? changes give sustained gains Towers Watson 25% Why do people resist change? 44% don’t understand 33% don’t agree StrategyQ
“All change is culture change, or it won’t work.” Marcella Bremer To quote Marcella Bremer, “All change is culture change, or it won’t work”. So all of you who stayed in the room need culture change. That doesn’t mean where you are is a disaster, just that we could imagine it being better.
The way we do things around here.
“Culture is a way of seeing things, a way of thinking “Culture is a way of seeing things, a way of thinking. Culture is a way of making sense.” Matthew Engelke
Clan (collaborate) Adhocracy (create) Hierarchy (control) Market Flexibility & discretion Clan (collaborate) Adhocracy (create) Internal focus & integration External focus & differentiation Hierarchy (control) Market (compete) Stability & control Source: ocai-online.com
Clan Adhocracy Hierarchy Market Preferred Current Flexibility & discretion Clan Adhocracy Internal focus & integration External focus & differentiation Hierarchy Market Stability & control Source: ocai-online.com
“Instant cultures are artificial cultures… Artificial culture is paint. Real culture is patina. You don’t create a culture. It happens.” ReWork
Commitment Consistency Clarity Critical Mass Consensus Copy/Coach/Correct Communication Source: Marcella Bremer
“Evolution never looks to the future.” Richard Dawkins
Source: Stephen Levy, Artificial Life
Epistasis
“…when a more humble CEO leads a firm, its top management team is more likely to collaborate, share information, jointly make decisions, and possess a shared vision.” Ou, Waldman & Peterson Source: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0149206315604187
Commit to personal change Collectively… Map Vision Identify behaviours Commit to personal change Environment
Gradually then Suddenly