Heuristics for interventions in organizations
In our work with organizations, we often make choices when proposing interventions or experiments that are repeated or have something similar. These simple, recurring strategies [...]
A message to self-management enthusiasts
Working with self-management, giving courses and consulting, I usually find people saying they want to create their own management model, their governance framework or their [...]
Where are the plans and schedules?
In intensive O2 workshops, we usually reserve a session to talk about “anti-patterns” for self-management. These “anti-patterns” are common solutions to certain problems, which instead [...]
WE-have-to…
A few days ago, on a discussion channel on Target Teal's Slack, I posted a reflection on the phenomenon I called "WE-Have-To". I'm currently living [...]
Writing good policies
The Organizational Design work carried out by Target Teal generally involves giving more clarity to agreements within an organization. We believe that one of the [...]
The Potential of Synchronize mode when using the “powerful questions” pattern
The Organic Organization's way of synchronizing is not just a meeting to resolve a list of tensions raised by the participants. This simple ritual can [...]
What is horizontal management?
The term horizontal management has been used to describe practices that seek to completely eliminate or reduce hierarchy. The ways in which this happens [...]
Exchanging Feedback in O2
The issue of feedback raises discomfort and even trauma in most people who have experienced such a practise in a corporate environment. In a process [...]
Maturity has never been this easy
I was wrong. Every time I was asked what level of maturity is needed to work in a self-managed company I would say: – Self-management [...]
Antifragility in times of crisis
When we think of an organizational design that allows an organization to thrive in a VUCA world (acronym for volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous), the [...]