Organizational Design Workshop.
"Great companies are built on great systems, not on the back of individual superstars. A bad system will beat a good person every time."
- W. Edwards Deming
Background.
Welcome to our dynamic two-day workshop, where we'll shape the future of your organization. Day One will focus on refining the essence of your products, dissecting their core purpose and potential, aiming to create a shared understanding and a defined vision. Day Two will see us designing your organization for success. We'll scrutinize your structure and processes, aiming to promote efficiency, encourage innovation, and foster collaboration.
The goal is to craft a bespoke organizational framework tailored to optimize your products' delivery and drive sustainable growth. This workshop is the start of an exciting chapter, poised to usher in clarity and renewed energy for your organization. Let's take this transformative step towards defining your future together.
The Workshop.
Day 1 - Define Your Product(s).
The goal of day 1 is to define the product(s) through exploring the following questions:
Is the product definition too narrow?
Are your products organized around the customer/users or components?
Why does your product exist?
What problem does the product solve?
Who are paying customers and users?
How does your product fulfill the needs of the customer?
How will we know the product succeeded?
Who will drive vision and strategy of the product?
What features will the product support?
What is the first release?
Day 2 - Design Your Organization.
The outcomes from day 1 will drive the discussion on day 2 and answer the key question: "How can we best organize to successfully deliver the product and maximize the value to our customers"
What is the system optimization goal of the org design?
Determine where you are in the product cycle curve
Identify organizational constraints: Identify all groups and components within the product boundaries, Departmental constraints, System constraints, Cultural constraints
Design ideal organization and system optimization goal
Decide where to start
The Next 6 months: Produce CAN Goal, Constrain the goal, Understand culture and org debt through Behavior stories, Derive outcome measures, Generate Organization expirements