Self-Organizing the organization

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Since the breakthrough of Agile methodologies in the Software industry, project management has been transformed radically: from centralized command-and-control structures to self-organised teams. Agile methodologies have not only introduced a new set of practices, but also a new set of values and principles.
Although, it might seems contradictory, there are nowadays a big number of self-organised teams working within hierarchical organisations that are governed by a traditional top-down structure. Sensitive information is kept a secrecy and strategic decisions are made solely by the CEO and the leadership team. How does management in the 21st century has to be transformed in order to not just give people control on their own work, but also empower them to manage the organisation they are working for?
To leverage and make the most of the values and practices of Agile methodologies, a different management model should be applied. In this presentation we will take a closer look at the challenges of self-organised organisations, which some of the recent literature has named as evolutionary-teal. We will cover a diverse set of topics from the organisation structure and how information flows through it, to the decision-making process and core activities such as recruiting, performance reviews, compensation and rewards.

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1. Self-Organizing the Organization Emilio Gutter
2. About me Buenos Aires, Argentina Software industry +17 years 10Pines Founder Latam Agile community founding member and Agiles 2012 conference chair Homebrewer
3. Agile Principle “The best software emerges from 
 self-organizing teams” -11th Principle of the Agile Manifesto
4. Agile Principle “The best products emerge from 
 self-organizing organizations” “The best software emerges from 
 self-organizing teams” -11th Principle of the Agile Manifesto
5. Questions What is self-organization? What are the necessary conditions? How are decisions made? How does the structure look like?
6. What is self-organization? Responsibility What & Why How & When Action
7. What is self-organization? Responsibility Level What & Why Strategy How & When Tactic Action Operation
8. What is self-organization? Responsibility Level Position What & Why Strategy Board, CEO, etc How & When Tactics Middle-management Action Operations Workers
9. What is self-organization? The group of people who take actions is involved in defining the What and Why, How and When.
10. Necessary conditions Transparency Allow inefficiencies Embrace diversity Principles
11. Necessary conditions Trust Respect Honesty Values
12. Decision making Democracy Consensus Autocracy Advise Process High Low Velocity Alignment High Low
13. Decision making Democracy Consensus Autocracy Advise Process High Low High Low Velocity Alignment
14. Organization Structure Middle line Strategic apex Staff Techno-
 structure Operating core Source: Henry Mintzberg ‘Structure in Fives. Designing Effective Organizations’
15. Organization Structure Board / Founders Everyone else Mentors / Leaders Ad-hoc task force Stable staff team
16. More topics Leadership Scale and growth Motivation and incentives Conflicts resolution
17. Questions?
18. Thank You! Emilio Gutter Contact info: egutter@10pines.com www.10pines.com blog.10pines.com @egutter