Organization Design in a Digital World

Mark Twain, in writing a long letter to a friend, apologized for not sending a shorter one – saying he “didn’t have the time.” Time is at a premium, seeking new information is essential but books, because of their length, end up be reviewed rather than read. Welcome to the “Orxestra one-chapter book.” Easy to assimilate and absorb in one sitting, this is not a summary of a longer text or a hastily pulled together precis but a unique and carefully crafted offering focusing on a critical leadership issue. 


It’s difficult to define exactly what tomorrow’s organization will look like. Two things can be assumed, however. One: to survive, let alone thrive tomorrow’s organization will be fast, focused, flat, flexible and fertile (to new ideas). Two: those involved in organization design will, of necessity, reach for a pallet of options.: Classical hierarchy,  The flattened the pyramid, The shamrock organization, Parallel structure, The virtual organization, and Holocracy.    


Organization Design in a Digital World is a practical guide for any leader willing to face the reality that the organization of the last century is a total misfit for the challenges of this one.   “It’s not simply a matter of taking what worked yesterday and driving digital capability into the existing organization. That’s like attaching a rocket to a bicycle.”