Slides from the keynote on how to build an innovative and disruptive organisation

1. Audiences
1
Leading the Swarm
Keys to building an innova1ve &
disrup1ve organiza1on !
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2. Audiences
„Led“Leader
Leadership
Lecturer
Organizational
Advisor

3. High!
Low!
Degree
of
Organi-
zation!
1600! 1700! 1800! 1900! 2000!
?!
@larssudmann

6. !
“We are at a punctuation point in
human history where the industrial
age and institutions have finally
come to their logical conclusion.”!
! ! ! ! !! Don Tapscott!

7. More than 200 million people work
in global & dispersed teams
Source: Manpower @larssudmann

8. Online!
Swarms!
Activist
Swarms!
Animal
Swarms!
@larssudmann
Hollywood!
Swarms!

9. Just let the organisation / swarm emerge?!

10. !
“Only three things happen
naturally in organisations:
Friction, confusion, and
underperformance;
Everything else requires
leadership.”!
! ! ! ! !!
Peter Drucker!

11. Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

12. Build your Swarm!
1!
@larssudmann

13. Adopt the
Hollywood Model of
Organisation & Leadership
!
@larssudmann

14. !
“If the archetype of a great manager in the 20th
century was GE’s Jack Welch, who grew talent
internally, the great 21st-century manager will be
someone who also understands how to tap the
external talent pool. Organizations will start to
look less like a pyramid and more like a jigsaw
puzzle.”!
! ! ! ! !! Jody Miller!

15. Aggregator
(e.g. TopCoder)
Arbitrator
(e.g. 99designs)
Facilitator
(e.g. Upwork, Freelancer)
Governor
(e.g. Mechanical Turk)
Plat-
form
Buyer
Suppliers Platform
Governance?On-Demand Workforce: „Human Cloud“
Where‘s the trust?
Cf. MIT Sloan Review: Managing the Human Cloud, 2013

16. Exponen1al
Organiza1ons
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17. #1: Build your
swarm
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

19. Form a beating heart!
2!
@larssudmann

20. “Never doubt that a small group
of thoughLul, commiNed ci1zens
can change the world;
indeed, it’s the only thing that
ever has.”
Margeret Mead @larssudmann

21. Energizing
Team building
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22. Swarm & Virtual Team building
“Current
Business”
Focus
DuraAon
e.g. picture
get-to-know
e.g. virtual
treasure hunt
e.g. TED-like
status updates
e.g. moderated
strategy
discussions
high low
short long
@larssudmann

24. 0
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Companies
# Read Tech Manuals in
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26. 5 minute tips
@larssudmann

27. #1: Build Your
swarm.
#2: Form a bea1ng
heart
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

28. The Power of Simple
Coordination!
3!
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29. Surf Scoter!

30. There are no meetings in
swarms!
Establish simple & meaningful
alignment patterns.!
@larssudmann

31. « Turn your office into
an ant colony »
FastCompany!
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32. Have 1-1 interactions
instead of meetings

33. www.polleverywhere.com

34. “Full Water”
Meetings

35. #1: Build your
swarm.
#2: Form a bea1ng
heart
#3: Simple
Coordina1on
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

36. The way out of disaster:
towards disruption & innovation!
4!
@larssudmann

37. Ant Death Cycle!

38. Weirdos matter!!
@larssudmann

40. Long operating
history!
Static
Environment!
Dynamic
Environment!
Short operating
history!
Predict & Plan!!
(No Spaghetti)!
Cf. E. Ries, Lean Startup

42. Long operating
history!
Static
Environment!
Dynamic
Environment!
Short operating
history!
Predict & Plan!!
(No Spaghetti)!
Cf. E. Ries, Lean Startup
?!

43. “If the path before you is clear
you’re probably on somebody
else’s.”
Joseph Campbell

44. Long operating
history!
Static
Environment!
Dynamic
Environment!
Short operating
history!
Predict & Plan!!
(No Spaghetti)!
Test & Iterate!!
(Spaghetti it)!
Cf. E. Ries, Lean Startup

47. ”For good ideas and true innovation,
you need human interaction, conflict,
argument, debate.”
Margaret Hefferman

48. #1: Build your
swarm.
#2: Form a bea1ng
heart
#3: Simple
Coordina1on
#4: Weirdos
maNer!
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

49. #1: Build your
swarm.
#2: Form a bea1ng
heart
#3: Simple
Coordina1on
#4: Weirdos
maNer!
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

50. Let it go!
!
5!
@larssudmann

51. Natural Tendency:
To »silo » & « cement » an organisation!
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53. !
“The happiness of your life depends on the
quality of your thoughts.”!
!
!
! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !Marcus Aurelius!

54. People want to lead
others. But why not start
by leading yourself?!
@larssudmann

55. #5: Let it go!
#1: Build your
swarm.
#2: Form a bea1ng
heart.
#3: Simple
Coordina1on.
#4: Weirdos
maNer!
@larssudmann
Keys to
meaning &
innova1on

56. Audiences
1
Keys to building an innova1ve &
disrup1ve organiza1on !
mail@lars-sudmann.com
@larssudmann
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