Category Archives: Tips for design work

How to design for agility

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Andrew Campbell

I was stimulated, by an article in the Journal of Organization Design, about how to do design work recognizing the need for agile evolution, the fact that designers do not always get it right and the fact that people don’t … Continue reading →

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Five guiding thoughts for good operating model work

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Andrew Campbell

I enjoyed reading an article by Marcia Blenko, a Bain & Co advisor, about operating model work for charities – https://www.bridgespan.org/insights/library/organizational-effectiveness/nonprofit-operating-models.  The article follows the Bain definition of an operating model, which is focused on organisation structure, accountabilities, governance, systems … Continue reading →

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