Organizations can struggle to make use of its employee's talent and creativity. The culture of an organization acts as a lens through which we can examine whether an organization is set up support or hinder innovation, creativity, and collaboration.
17. “An organization’s ability to take
advantage of design talent and
creative ideas is directly proportional
to its culture’s support or hinderance
of the conditions needed for them
to flourish.”
Adam Connor
The Good Looking Gentleman Currently Speaking
18. “A bad system will beat a good
person every time.”
W. Edwards Demming
Engineer, Professor, Author
19. 1. Everyone is part of the creative process.
2. Collaboration does not negate the need for
leadership and vision.
3. Before working together to solve a problem we must
work together to understand it.
4. Learning is part of the process.
5 Beliefs of Collaborative, Creative Organizations
5. The process never ends.
of
many
42. No matter what your position is, you
have the ability to influence the
culture around you.
The simplest way to begin is to look for opportunities to
build trust and ask questions.
53. Envision
Identify
Understand
the future culture you intend to change towards.
your current organizational culture.
the opportunities and challenges between the two.
Select
Analyze
Generate
and implement some of those ideas.
ideas for potential changes to process, structure, roles, etc.
and critique your implementation and it’s effect.
57. “If we want to put our organizations
in positions where they can make
the most of their employees’ talent
and ideas, we must make a
conscious, focused effort to provide
a culture that supports those beliefs
and behaviors.”
Adam Connor
That Same Handsome Gent Again
58. ThankYou!Adam Connor
VP Organizational Design & Training
@adamconnor
aconnor@madpow.com
madpow.com
Boston, MA & Portsmouth, NH
Discussing Design: Improving Communication
And Collaboration Through Critique
Available from O’Reilly Publishing and on Amazon
Slides available at: slideshare.com/adamconnor