SDO - Self-Org. & Developm. Organizations

Self-Organizing and Developmental Organizations

 

Vor einigen Jahren habe ich mich intensiv mit der Frage beschäftigt: Wie können sich Kulturen und Strukturen von Organisationen weiter entwickeln, so dass

  • die Kultur sich verstärkt in Richtung "Entwicklung" bewegt, also die Entwicklung von Personen ein Zweck der Organisation wird, "Lernen" im weitesten Sinne ein selbstverständliches Prinzip wird,
  • und gleichzeitig die Strukturen und Prozesse "agiler" werden 

 

The central idea of SDO is quite simple:

  • Many organizations are setting out becoming agile, but a lot of them run into trouble.
  • And many more know they should become more agile - but they are looking for a safe path towards agility.
  • This is what SDO is trying to accomplish. A safe way, evolutionary rather than revolutionary.

The central assumptions are:

  • If you want to approach self-organization / agility etc., make small steps.
  • For each step towards self-organization our systems need one step towards development of people and culture.

Our SDO Map tries to tell you a story about the safe path - here until you get to a place we call "Selfmanagement".

 

SDO e map 190225

 

The concept behind the map is a matrix: The columns describe steps towards self-organization, the rows describe increasing development.
The assumptions:

  • If we want our organisation to survive and prosper in the future we need to move away from micromanagement (the most left column) to the right.
  • If we want to make a step towards more agility we better make a step towards development first, otherwise we might end up with people feeling overwhelmed and dangerous conflicts.
  • The green arrows symbolize the idealized safe path. The SDO Model offers tested tools for each step.

 

Download the playbook to learn more about the tools for each step.

English: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z_hPgaxbnGxuEs2yntDRfmk8QvxZkqME/view?usp=sharing 

German / Deutsch: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYxePKmWiMJztNLtOcKHG_-HDGMQERfn/view?usp=sharing 

Vertiefung Deutsch: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Za1-i8MSvc3hjePAbl1JjVybKfmAwZND/view?usp=sharing 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernhard Possert