Are We Staying Out or Finding Our Way Out?

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What I mean by an adaptive organization is one that can not seamlessly but fairly flexibly and fairly nimbly respond as there are threats and opportunities that present themselves. And what I find is that in order to respond to a pandemic, a disruption, a viral tweet, a Black Swan event, what we actually need is ways of working that allow us flexibility. So whether that is routines around decision making, an ability to change our organizational structure or the ability to make different kinds of trade-offs with our resources. We're all a product of complex, often failed systems, aren't we? Absolutely. Just a question. Are we staying out or finding our way out? That's right

Sometimes, Rodney and Aaron stop by other people’s podcasts to nerd out on the hits we know and love: new ways of working, self-management, breaking down the binary between chaos and bureaucracy, the future of work—the list goes on and on. So today, we’re actually bringing one of those awesome conversations right to your ears.

Rodney recently joined Jonathan Westover on his show, Human Capital Innovations, for an epic chat about adaptive organizational design and a whole lot more. We hope you enjoy the exchange and we’ll return with a fresh episode of Brave New Work next Monday.

To tune into more episodes of Jonathan’s show, head to his website or search "Human Capital Innovations" wherever you get your podcasts.

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This episode originally aired on September 26th, 2022 on the Human Capital Innovations (HCI) Podcast with Dr. Jonathan H. Westover.

In this HCI Podcast episode, Dr. Jonathan H. Westover talks with Rodney Evans about adaptive organization design and the future of work.

Rodney Evans is a pioneer in adaptive organization design and the future of work. With 20 years of experience in all things transformation, she has researched, developed, and taught new ways of working in dozens of complex environments including Airbnb, Cooper Hewitt Museum, Macy’s, Intuit, and Johnson & Johnson. The Ready is a self-managed change agency that helps you discover a better way of working. Rodney works with companies around the world to modernize traditional practices and bust bureaucracy.

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