Chris Grams | MIX Hackathon

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on Smart Aggregated Information

Erwin--this is a very interesting concept--would love to see you develop this even further during the next phase of the hackathon! More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked A Bottom-Up Greenfield Approach

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Delegate Authority to Process Teams and Provide Enterprise-Wide Decision Support to Improve Decision Success Without Bureaucratic Structure

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on Create Dynamic Rules/ Filters

I love this idea--a collaboratively generated "rulebook" that can change over time and is peer-developed, peer-reviewed. Would really like to see this further built out in the next phase! More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Create Dynamic Rules/ Filters

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Consider the work of the Organization Management Group.

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Ensure Key Performance Indicators improve performance.

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked The Dawn of Distributed Leadership

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on Allow all employees to post solutions publicly, for the entire organization to see and apply (with out regard for rank or titles)

Hi Aaron! Really like this idea as a way to make organizational learning more transparent and collaborative! More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Allow all employees to post solutions publicly, for the entire organization to see and apply (with out regard for rank or titles)

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Value beats formality

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on Don't be a fiscal hog: Give every one a healthy slice of the budgetary pie

Aaron--love it! Not only does this help us ditch formality, it also helps increase the scope of employee autonomy and accountability! More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Don't be a fiscal hog: Give every one a healthy slice of the budgetary pie

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on A Basic Approach to Idea- and Knowledge Management for Decision Making

Erwin--really compelling! Love the idea of opening up the decision-making process by making data more transparent. By starting small and getting some small victories at the group level, it would help ... More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked A Basic Approach to Idea- and Knowledge Management for Decision Making

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Serve peers and customers- without the boss who will be legally and contractually accountable?

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Creating flexibility by creating a “fractal” structure.

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Chris Grams Chris Grams commented on Funding causes all problems

Hi Timothy-- really like the idea of changing the funding model, and think this could apply even beyond government. Any thoughts on what this new model might look like? What would change? Perhaps some... More

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Funding causes all problems

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Chris Grams Chris Grams liked Organise from the bottom up starting with customers.

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Phase 2 Synthesis: Imagining the Post-Bureaucratic Organization

During Phase 2 of the Busting Bureaucracy hackathon, we worked together to imagine and define the attributes of the post-bureaucratic organization: what new management practices might provide an alternative to the bureaucratic model of top-down control and formal rules and procedures?

By Chris Grams on May 27, 2022

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Phase 1 Synthesis: Where the Bureaucracy Management Tax Appears in Our Organizations

During the Phase 1 of the Busting Bureaucracy hackathon, we asked you to share your take on how bureaucracy stifles your organization’s ability to adapt, innovate, and truly engage its people. More than 40 of you shared observations, and several contributions generated interesting discussion threads amongst hackathon team members as well....

By Chris Grams on April 8, 2022

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Bureaucracy as an emergency response / creeping bureaucracy

One place bureaucracy often emerges in organizations is in response to breakdowns or mistakes of the past. The idea is that, by having a process in place, we can stop "that awful thing that happened" from ever happening again.

By Chris Grams on March 12, 2022

bureaucracy

creeping bureaucracy

emergency response

automating

control

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Hackathon Overview

Welcome to the first joint Dell -MIX Hackathon focused on Busting Bureaucracy. My name is Chris Grams, and I am the Community Guide for the Management Innovation Exchange, or MIX. Over the coming months, I will be one the people leading you through this exciting initiative....

By Chris Grams on March 9, 2022

hackathon

busting bureaucracy

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Highlights of the Mini Hacking Sprint

Our hackathon team developed an unprecedented 138 mini hacks during Sprint 2.1. In this post, we’ll share a few of the contributions the hackathon guide team feels have great potential to be developed further into fully-formed hacks during Phase 3.

By Chris Grams on July 2, 2022

mini hacks

learning and development

performance management

organizational development

All Meetings Default to Open

Mozilla (of Firefox web browser fame) makes most of its internal meetings open to the outside world so its vibrant community can participate. Meeting details are shared on the website, and anyone can jump on calls, chats, etc.

While it is not likely that many typical organizations could operate...

By Chris Grams on June 7, 2022

Sprint 1.3 Synthesis: The Design Principles of Adaptable Organizations

In Sprint 1.3, we turned our attention away from the things that get in the way of our organizations becoming more adaptable to focus on the building blocks of adaptable organizations—the design principles that might help evolve the DNA of all organizations.

By Chris Grams on June 7, 2022

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The 12 Enemies of Adaptability

What are the barriers that prevent our organizations from being more adaptable? That is the question we posed to contributors during Sprints 1.1 and 1.2 of the CIPD/MIX Hackathon

By Chris Grams on May 28, 2022

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Help us synthesize the key themes from the enemies of adaptability sprints

Do you see barriers that all seem to fit together into larger categories or groupings? Do you see key themes or concepts that are coming up over and over? We’d like to know what you see in the contributions we’ve collected during the past two sprints....

By Chris Grams on May 20, 2022

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Orientation Discussion Synthesis

During the orientation phase of the hackathon, we asked you to weigh in with your thoughts about the role that HR could play in spurring adaptability within our organizations. Over 50 contributors shared their ideas in a wide-ranging introductory discussion.

By Chris Grams on May 8, 2022