Graham Douglas | MIX Hackathon

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Yes Peter, "Keep your head down" is the first rule for succeeding in a bureaucracy so it is not surprising innovation and efficiency are hampered and people do not perform to their full potential. The... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Thanks Julian for this very lucid explanation of your approach. It could only come from a very knowledgeable and creative mind. However, in my experience, few are as knowledgeable and creative as peop... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Julian, This bit of your post could be describing what can happen in cooperatives - and future federations. We are as one - sort of. "This solution is based on the variance of people. The system... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

The sort of problem you raise regarding a federated structure seems to be overcome in the case of cooperatives which are bottom up organisations. I am sure the ingenuity of man, which we are trying to... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Julian, As with corporations, the "Board" of the federation would be responsible. It could have a different name but not "Graham" please. More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Julian, These matters would be covered in the joint venture agreement and could be different in different federations. After all, the basic reason for establishing a bottom up federation is to free... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Julian, Would not starting out with a set of rules for organisations be using the old hierarchical "command and control" approach we are trying to move away from? More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Julian, My model federated structure is different from government federations in that it is designed from the bottom up, its units are of a maximum of about 150 people, the units have joint venture... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Prompted by the comments of Julian and Kristoffer may I suggest the solution could be adoption of a federated structure. It has worked for a number of nation states. More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Reinventing Management at the Mashup: Architecture & Ideology

Well said Gary! Best wishes for a productive MIX MASHUP. More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Delegate Authority to Process Teams and Provide Enterprise-Wide Decision Support to Improve Decision Success Without Bureaucratic Structure

Thanks Julian. You are right, it is a key problem and the basic human need for power is fundamental. It is one of the basic human needs taken into account in the Integrative Problem Solving Process... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Delegate Authority to Process Teams and Provide Enterprise-Wide Decision Support to Improve Decision Success Without Bureaucratic Structure

Thanks for this Julian. The short answer is these matters would be addressed when the Federation is being formed. Decisions affecting Enterprises/members of the Federation would be made with levels... More

1 year 9 months ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Delegate Authority to Process Teams and Provide Enterprise-Wide Decision Support to Improve Decision Success Without Bureaucratic Structure

Julian, Broadly, a federated structure could be the answer. In my IFEDS Model, explained at http://integrative-thinking.com/index.php?cID=102 a Federation would be a joint venture among independ... More

1 year 12 months ago

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

Thanks Aaron. The added detail to your hack does clarify what you propose but it seems to be based on there being a top down organisation with someone handing out budgets. With a bottom up federate... More

2 years 2 days ago

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

The sort of budget allocation to everyone which you suggest would inevitably lead to some not getting what they reckon they need and others seeking and getting too much so there would be a need for re... More

2 years 2 days ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on In-source the Customer

Adopting a federated structure with Direct Support Advocates Teams at its base would facilitate the achieving of the goal of tightening "... the relationship between the feedback you need and whatever... More

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Graham Douglas Graham Douglas commented on Delegate Authority to Process Teams and Provide Enterprise-Wide Decision Support to Improve Decision Success Without Bureaucratic Structure

This would complement a federated structure well. More

2 years 3 weeks ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas posted Adopt a federated structure rather than the existing monolithic structure.

2 years 1 month ago

Graham Douglas Graham Douglas posted Limit organisation size to about 150 in a function-based federation.

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Adopt a federated structure rather than the existing monolithic structure.

By Graham Douglas on July 29, 2021

Federated Structure

Bottom-up Organisation

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Limit organisation size to about 150 in a function-based federation.

Keep unit sizes and working contacts for each person down to about 150. This is known as Dunbar's Number which is explained at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number . Broadly it is about the maximum number of people with whom someone can have a good social relationship. This would suggest organisations should be...

By Graham Douglas on July 4, 2022

Ensure Key Performance Indicators improve performance.

Ensure Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are actually improving decision making and performance and not just serving to inform managers, use up resources and probably undermine the sense of purpose of individuals.

By Graham Douglas on June 24, 2022

performance measures

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Consider the work of the Organization Management Group.

Consider the work of the Organization Management Group. As stated at http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted/gettingstartedindex.htm "The Object Management Group (OMG®) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium. Founded in 1989, OMG standards are driven by vendors, end-users, academic institutions and government agencies. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for...

By Graham Douglas on June 18, 2022

efficiency and effectiveness

accountability

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Have unconferences instead of formal meetings and presentations.

Have unconferences instead of formal meetings and presentations. Unconferences are explained at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference .

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022

Establish governance policies in consultation with all stakeholders.

Establish the purpose and governance policies of a federated organisation in consultation with all stakeholders.

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022

Collaborative Governance

Non-conference

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Teach purpose and governance policies of federated organisation to all.

Teach everyone in the federated organisation the purpose and governance policies of the organisation and refresh this teaching when it changes.

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022

Governance

Common basis for communication

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Power is taken not given so trust among all must first be established.

Power is taken not given so trust must first be established among all in an organisation with a federated structure of small units.

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022

autonomy & trust

Common basis for communication

small units

Federated Structure

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Build trust

Teach everyone the same process for planning and problem solving so everyone has a common basis for communicating. This helps build trust among people which is necessary for others to accept the autonomy of each.

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022

Common basis for communication

#autonomy and trust