It’s Org Intelligence and not Individual

intelligent that matters!

By Deepti Jain

Business Agility? Yeah Right!

So where are we?

We have a realization that we need to respond to change by being change-ready, be Agile.

Despite that realization we are not Agile and so is our Business.

Organizations, though may express in different ways, do admit that because of their non-Agility, they are at competitive disadvantage.

WE DON’T KNOW WHY WE ARE NOT AGILE DESPITE DOING EVRYTHING.

What we know is that our people do not help us. They are de-motivated, dis-engaged, detached.

To be successful, the very core of the organization – It’s Management Values Goals

Policies People need to be fully engaged – enthusiastic and involved with work.

According to Towers Watson’s latest survey 60-75% of workforce is disengaged.

And it’s not that organizations are not investing in solving disengagement problem. But miserably failing.

What are we doing wrong?

We are running 21st Century

businesses with 20th Century

workplace practices and programs, with 19th Century Mind set!

We need mind set shift, that will bring

required cultural shift.

It’s not just top-down or bottom-up but its from all directions at all levels.

We are focusing on Individual

intelligence and not at Org

intelligence.

Impact We live in silos walled by roles and departments:

I know my job, you mind yours

I have my goals to take care, I don’t have time for yours

Growth, not based on Skills, focused to fit Org Chart:

Growth means I get to dictate terms

I have no clue how to help myself, and do you think I care for yours?

Lack of Big Picture:

I don’t know why I am doing what I am doing

I can plan as far as I can see

Each man for himself:

No accountability

Shifting blame

We talk events and never catch patterns

It’s a court case, no one is asking for solution

No clue where the actual problem is, complete picture is missing

Impact Stick to Process:

Act as soon as you receive alert

Act when it’s your turn

We create reactive pro-activeness when our actions are not intentional

We stop caring

Blame the process if it doesn’t take care of my actions

Who dares to question existing system:

No scope of improvement

Boiling frog syndrome

FAILED LEADERSHIP

Fixing everything under the sun is your job

Ignorant to the very fact that there is a problem

Cold to issues they can’t solve (which is mostly everything)!

Divided and broken

Past Experience based planning, that may not meet current changing needs

Solution – Organizational Intelligence

We need an organization that works together and has an internal network

such that all the needed knowledge travels across like blood in vessels. It is this

capacity of an Organization to be collective intelligent – Organisational

Intelligence – That makes it Agile and helps achieve required Business Agility

How to manifest Org Intelligence OneTeam Culture

It’s not about individuals, but about entire team, and departments and Org.

Team winning

Team accountability

Team growth by growth of each individual

Ready to fail

Openness and constructive criticism and debate

Learning Org:

Learning is benchmark of growth

Skill based growth

Individual motivation based on:

Mastery

Purpose

Autonomy

Meaningful Org information neural network:

System thinking

Shared Vision

Everyone knows WHY?

Thank you!

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