changing structures

“For the first time since the industrial revolution, organizations are changing at a fundamental level. The change is very much a work in progress in most organizations. But we now have many examples of organizations that are fully functioning in an entirely new way — that is, new ideas about how the organization is designed, about how work gets done, how people relate to each other.” —Nancy Dixon

Image: Nancy Dixon

Read Nancy Dixon’s post for more references and explanations of each of these elements. I would like to provide an illustration for each element.

Networked structure —

Teams as the unit of work —

Self-governed teams —

Focus on human relationships —

Changed role of leaders —

Deployment of virtual teams —

Decentralized Governance —