Keeping up with the market is tearing organizations apart from the inside out. Leaders are trying to scale simply by hiring good people and find themselves playing accountability whack-a-mole instead.
As an accidental engineer, I am a people oriented person who has stumbled into some rather deep technical skills. Harvard and USC educated, Google and HERE Technologies trained, I know that systems engineering works for even the most complex systems – those comprised of people.
I am here to share those skills and prepare leaders to create effective structures that will act as the scaffold on which their companies can build sustainable growth.
When the world descends into chaos, leaders have a tendency to hunker down and double down on efficiency.
Here is the catch: When you shift all of your attention to efficiency, you put your resilience at risk. This session explores how organizations can build the capacity to be resiliently efficient: streamlined enough to perform under pressure, but flexible enough to adapt when disruption hits. Using a conceptual framework inspired by the classic teeter-totter, we’ll examine the weight of decisions, the hidden costs of over-optimization, and how to design teams and systems that can bend without breaking.
Key Takeaways
People may be at the heart of every organization but that’s no reason to treat them like a human pyramid.
“Structure” has a earned a bad rap from overengineered processes that stifle creativity and innovation but the truth is that teams, and individuals, function most effectively when working within clear boundaries and expectations. When a minimum ruleset has been established, leaders and employees alike can lean on the invisible infrastructure while focusing on doing their best work within their areas of ownership. A scaffold is rarely sexy but it makes the most amazing structures possible.
Key Takeaways
Whether thinking about “going hybrid” or already experiencing the challenges of mixed virtual and in-person work, a few concepts can help prepare any team for more effective collaboration in the Hybrid World.
Many leaders are eagerly awaiting the “return to the office” but most organizations are underestimating the challenges hybrid work poses. Ensuring that your People and Processes will thrive in a hybrid state requires targeted planning and an operating model or processes designed specifically with hybrid collaboration in mind. Fortunately, there is plenty of opportunity for smaller teams and companies to stand on the shoulders of giants as they plan for, or dive into, this new way of working. Starting with concepts like “structured informality”, this is a talk about the potential contradictions of hybrid operations and how to leverage them to your best advantage.
Key Takeaways
All talks can be delivered virtually or in person and will be tailored to the specific audience so that examples resonate. Topics can also be transformed into workshops upon request.
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