COCOONERS - Making It Happen - No 2, March 2017

Cocooners - n° 2 - March 2017
Cocooners - n° 2 - March 2017
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THE
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In this issue of Cocooners, we give the floor
to a partner who shares about a key foundation
for successful organization designs.
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Highlights of the first
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The first LSP Fest in the world is over, but we are sure
it has generated good vibes in all the people who have taken part to this
amazing event! Three terrific days where all the attendees have shaped
ideas, thoughts, perspectives, feelings and much more.
My wife gifted me a driving experience at a
• Gives an objective guide to inform design
within a health system to support patient care.
(capabilities) of your future organisation.
local racing track for a recent birthday. Part of
decisions and to assure the design during
Each of the below design criteria completes the
Such as if your strategy is to enter a new
this experience was to drive a range of vehicles
implementation.
statement, “our health and care system is able to…”
market then a design criteria may be to:
including a magnificent Ferrari. I can promise you
• Allows you to clearly work out the key
So what makes a great set of criteria? Based on
create alliances with complimentary organ-
it was everything you dreamed of and more, from
milestones and activities to measure.
both my and the European Organisation Design
isations in that market
the sleek lines, smell of the leather seats, to the
• Engages people and creates momentum, as
Forum community blood, sweat and tears here’s
• Create design criteria at the highest system
tenor of the engine. As I reflected on the excellent
Weisbord says, “people own what they create.”
a selection of insights.
level within scope first then an aligned/
design and craftsmanship I began thinking about
The Figure 1 describes an example set of design
• As I said above, the criteria need to translate
nested set of design criteria appropriate
organisation design, at one point this impressively
criteria created across multiple organisations
your strategy into the practical features
for each level below in scope, like Russian
designed car was just a thought and a sketch on
nesting dolls.
a piece of paper. So how did they get from paper
to this splendid product? Similarly how do you
translate your brilliant strategic thinking from
paper, and models into the reality of your organ-
• Include the core polarities which your organisation
will need to manage such as centralising
for economies of scale AND decentralising
to be more customer focused
Ci siamo riusciti: adesso
LSP parla italiano!
isation? That’s a big question deserving at least 3
• Build in good practice capabilities from
Quest’anno, per la prima volta al mondo, Robert Rasmussen
PHD’s but being a practical guy I want to focus on
using one really helpful and valuable tool, called
design criteria.
as long as possible.
careers and families.
industry that keep you competitive and your
chosen innovative capabilities that give you
an advantage
ha acconsentito a ufficializzare l’italiano nella formazione di massimo
profilo dei facilitatori LSP, e lo ha fatto con noi.
Design criteria are a critical step in translating
• Use less than 7 design criteria per system
the concepts and ideas from your organisations
level/team, to ensure the most important
strategy into the future organisational capabil-
issues are resolved, for ease of communi-
ities. In a car these capabilities would be called
cation and recall
features such as the radio, engine, interior, it’s the
• Be brief, fact based, action oriented, and use
combination of these features which deliver the
imagery to helpfully explain and commu-
desired experience. Creating these criteria with
nicate the design criteria
those affected by the redesign:
Successful organisation designs require strong
• Helps build understanding of the strategy.
design criteria as a foundation to build from.
• Clarifies what capabilities will be required to
fulfill the strategy.
• Tests the reality of the strategy with what
capabilities are available, what new capabilities
Creating these with those affected in a safe
environment, allowing rigorous debate will
allow vital issues to be addressed early on and
minimise any anxiety and politics emerging later
COCOONERS N° 1 is online!
Making It Happen.
may need to be developed or if the strategy is
in the design process.
The N°1 of our “Cocooners” half-yearly publication
unrealistic.
Figure 1 - Example Design Criteria from a health project
is online in digital version!
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