Definitely, Maybe Agile
Definitely, Maybe Agile
Peter Maddison and Dave Sharrock
Organizational Design for Agile
16 minutes Posted Jun 19, 2024 at 1:00 pm.
Continuous Learning in Organizational Design
Challenges in Organizational Design
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In this podcast episode, Peter Maddison and David Sharrock discuss the concept of designing an organization for continuous learning and improvement. They explore the leadership mindset and behaviors required to foster an environment that values and prioritizes continuous learning, as well as the need for leaders to relinquish control and empower data-driven decision-making. They emphasize the importance of creating capacity for learning by prioritizing work and saying no to non-essential tasks, as well as the role of leadership in modeling the desired behaviors.

This week´s takeaways:

  • Leadership must prioritize and role model continuous learning through expectations and behaviors
  • Create capacity by prioritizing work, saying no to non-essentials, and reducing overload
  • Align organizational design (teams, feedback loops, tech) and strategy to enable learning


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