{"id":68154,"date":"2019-09-06T08:28:10","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T12:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=68154"},"modified":"2019-09-07T10:32:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-07T14:32:07","slug":"the-adaptable-organization-series-part-5-the-ecosystem-miller-mcdowell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2019\/09\/06\/the-adaptable-organization-series-part-5-the-ecosystem-miller-mcdowell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adaptable Organization Series: Part 5: The Ecosystem [Miller &#038; McDowell]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitalhblog.deloitte.com\/2019\/09\/06\/the-adaptable-organization-series-5\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-adaptable-organization-series-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>The Adaptable Organization Series: Part 5: The Ecosystem<\/strong> <\/a>&#8212; from capitalhblog.deloitte.com; posted by Don Miller and Tiffany McDowell<\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">In an Adaptable Organization, understanding the external environment becomes a continuous activity that fuels constant efforts to evolve the business.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Encouraging people to constantly sense the external environment helps people inside the organization to be open about what they are seeing and how they believe it will impact the organization.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">It is a stark contrast to the \u201cset it and forget it\u201d strategy and organizational design that traditionally occurred every three to five years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Yet this expansive system can easily become misaligned and requires a greater purpose to remain connected.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>A shared purpose connects the ecosystem; defines success through the eyes of customers, stakeholders and society; and helps motivate people to succeed. Not only are Adaptable Organizations able to respond quickly to changes, but they also take their role as a social enterprise seriously, moving away from being solely a \u201cbusiness enterprise.\u201d These organizations aim to engage and <em>connect with the hearts and minds<\/em> of their workers, customers, communities, and societies-at-large. Adaptable Organizations are grounded in social purpose and bring teams on a journey while responding to changes with agility, speed, and ease.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">A shared purpose holds the ecosystem together. Direction is given from the shared purpose and not from an organizational hierarchy. By bringing a purpose statement to life and connecting the dots for workers through storytelling and meaningful narratives, workers are more likely to commit to the organization\u2019s strategy and execution.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Adaptable Organization Series: Part 5: The Ecosystem &#8212; from capitalhblog.deloitte.com; posted by Don Miller and Tiffany McDowell Excerpt: In an Adaptable Organization, understanding the external environment becomes a continuous activity that fuels constant efforts to evolve the business. 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