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Considerations of structure are not traditionally included in a strategic planning process; they are often viewed as operational work to follow the plan. But when new strategies require fundamental shifts in how an organization moves in the world—a reality that many organizations face in 2021—leaders have to consider how existing organizational forms will contribute to or impede those shifts. We see organizations rearranging people and processes, sometimes in fairly radical ways and without a blueprint, to position themselves to enact new strategies. Is this happening at your organization? Answer our weekly question and let us know.
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Has your organization recently reorganized in a significant way to align with how your core strategies are shifting? What are you trying to accomplish internally and externally through structure? What are you learning? Share your answers here…
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In “Network Governance as an Empowerment Tool,” Blythe Butler and Sami Berger remind us that organizational structure is situational: “There is not one form of governance that enables empowerment. The most effective structures will depend on where the group is starting from and what it’s trying to achieve.”
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Moving beyond the organization for inspiration, the team at DS4SI invite us to see another form of structure all around us, what they call “arrangements.” This is a necessary competency for us as individuals and as part of systems. “We need to be better at sensing arrangements, intervening in them, and imagining new ones.” Read more…
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Join us on May 27th for an expert panel discussion with Dominique Sumari of P3 Development Group, Nadine Smith of Equality Florida, and Steve Zimmerman of Spectrum Nonprofit Services that asks, “Strategic Planning: What Now?” Register here…
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