Hacking HR to Build an Adaptability Advantage
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Apr 18 - May 8 Orientation Why Adaptability Matters NowPhase 1 Distilling the Design Rules of AdaptabilityPhase 2 Inventing Mini-HacksPhase 3 Developing Management HacksNextPhase 4 Summing it up
Quick MIX Brainstorm: Defining Adaptability
Earlier in the hackathon Gary shared his definition of adaptability. Now it's your turn--we'd like your quick input on the most important things that set a truly adaptable organization apart from the rest. This "Quick MIX" brainstorm is open to all registered participants to the hackathon (register here). The best contributions earn a chance to be recognized in the hackathon blog, CIPD's on-line site, and in the social media channels of CIPD, the MIX.
What defines an adaptable organization? Share one crucial principle, characteristic, or element of an adaptable organization. You know your organization's adaptable when. . .
Besides its size or type, an adaptive organization is one trying to adapt to a volatile environment, characterized for rapid and unpredictable changes.
Idea by Rafa García on May 2, 2022
It's the one beeing aware that we are engaged in a profound change of paradigms making up what I call ENVIRONMENT 2.0. This concept is inspired by Management 2.0 (Gary Hamel), shamrock organization (Charles Handy), personal productivity (David Allen), personal branding (Tom Peteres, Andrés Pérez Ortega) and others.
Collaborative Working
Idea by sue shorthouse on May 3, 2022
HR needs to prove to the organisation that they are worthy of sitting in the forums to enable them to support the organisation and the people within it to be adaptable to change. You know when your organisation is adaptable when their is no resistance to change because communication is effective across the whole business.
The power to bring out the hidden treasure of collaborative intelligence in a social organization
Idea by Marco Minghetti on May 5, 2022
The ability to replace, with that I propose to call "collaborative intelligence" in my book L'intelligenza collaborativa (unfortunately published only in Italian: see http://www.marcominghetti.com/opere/lintelligenza-collaborativa-verso-la-social-organization/ ) the wide stupidity that is the true backbone of scientific management.
Collaborative Working
Idea by sue shorthouse on May 3, 2022
HR needs to prove to the organisation that they are worthy of sitting in the forums to enable them to support the organisation and the people within it to be adaptable to change. You know when your organisation is adaptable when their is no resistance to change because communication is effective across the whole business.
It responds to changing situations while remaining true to its values
Idea by Simon Jones on May 7, 2022
Any organisation can change - whether it's as a response to external pressures or as part of a strategy such as the introduction of new products. But an adaptable organisation to me is one that makes the necessary changes while operating in a manner consistent with its values. Making changes without this is not adaptable - simply reactive.
Adapting governance practices at the rate of market changes
Idea by Ulrich Nettesheim on May 3, 2022
How long would it take Apple or Google or Big Global Bank to change how it fundamentally runs itself - 2 years or 10 years? What if we could implement a management system that could adapt itself as needed at the rate of change required by changing market conditions and stakeholder requirements? Imagine the competitive advantages!
An adaptable organization is one that shares an adaptable mentality. The criteria for that mentality has 6 key dimensions.
Idea by John Caswell on May 4, 2022
Clear sense of purpose
Organisational energy lined up to the the purpose
Dynamically connected to the context and world - inside and out
Active Operation - the right kinds of principles/standards of control
Meaningful Information recognising changing patterns
The business is s system - the mentality for adaptability
The ability to deal with rapidly changing circumstances while out executing the competition and exceeding the expectations of our stakeholders
Idea by Mike Richardson on May 6, 2022
Thus, a conversation-flow of out-thinking, out-questioning, out-deciding and out-acting the future (actions are a conversation with reality) with fast-cycle teamwork operating inside the ever faster-cycle business/economic environment in which we work. That requires an agility system from conversation-flow to cash-flow.
The adaptable organisation takes care about Talents 1
Idea by Kubatova Jaroslava & Kukelkova Adela on May 6, 2022
Organisation itself is defined by its employees. Reacting to a Global Talent War surrounding us, an organisation must be able to attract the best Talent available on the labour market. An adaptable organisation quickly react on Talents needs and progressively change its Employee Care Programme, especially those designed for Talents.
The adaptable organisation takes care about Talents 2
Idea by Kubatova Jaroslava & Kukelkova Adela on May 6, 2022
With the aim of effectiveness the organisation should find out the most motivating factors for hiring and securing its co-workers. Adaptability in this process consists in taking in consideration the right packet of differencing characteristics of the group. One of many possibilities is to look at generation characteristics.
Adaptability declares diversity as the number one value
Idea by Stefan Blobelt on May 3, 2022
Adaptability is the fostering of an organizational culture that is built around individual freedom and collective variety through respecting maverick ideas, attitudes, and ways of working by declaring them the number one corporate values.
An adaptable organization: Evolutionary changes y/or involutional changes.
Idea by Carlos Primera on May 4, 2022
Organizational adaptability produces evolutionary changes y/or involutional changes. Evolutionary changes emerge when they generate higher levels of organization and efficiency. Involutional changes originate that organization loses efficiency to operate at an acceptable level.