This chapter explores the challenges organizations face as they grow, emphasizing the tension between the need for growth and the maintenance of organizational health. It advocates for a decentralized approach that allows individual units to operate flexibly while adhering to shared principles, fostering innovation and effective collaboration. The discussion also reflects on the implications of generational differences in the workplace and the potential for transformation amidst systemic challenges.
It’s mailbag time! We’ve been diving into specific problem areas every episode—and turns out if you go deep, your audience will go even deeper. Listeners, the questions you send us are getting hard! The ones that feel extra complex and extra tangly? We take those to the airwaves to unravel them live and share our knowledge back with you.
On today’s episode, Rodney and Sam tackle another batch of our audience’s thorniest questions.
Questions tackled:
- How to combat business speak in the workplace?
- How do we use new ways of working and psych safety in an arena that relies on older practices as part of its identity?
- What are your thoughts on how to divide up total compensation for employees? How much is salary vs health care vs perks?
- Is there a size threshold to organizations? What do companies do that have gotten too large and it’s hurting their operations?
- What are the trends around new ways of working, and what motivates organizations to engage with The Ready?
- How can orgs unlock real collaboration, not just sharing information?
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