Building Creative, Collaborative Cultures

Building Creative, Collaborative Cultures from Adam Connor

Building Creative, Collaborative Cultures

1. 1. Building Creative, Collaborative Cultures @ADAMCONNOR |ADAM CONNOR | VP ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN & TRAINING
2. 2. Having design talent does not ensure design success.
3. 3. Organizational Culture The shared set of beliefs that direct and influence how members of the organization behave and interact.
4. 4. “A bad system will beat a good person every time.” W. Edwards Demming Engineer, Professor, Author
5. 5. “An organization’s ability to take advantage of design talent and creative ideas is directly proportional to its culture’s support or hinderance of the conditions needed for them to flourish.” Adam Connor The Good Looking Gentleman Currently Speaking
6. 6. 1. Everyone is part of the creative process. 2. Collaboration does not negate the need for leadership and vision. 3. Before working together to solve a problem we must work together to understand it. 4. Learning is part of the process. 5 Beliefs of Collaborative, Creative Organizations 5. The process never ends. of many
7. 7. How do we change an organization’s culture?
8. 8. Understand the 3 systems.
9. 9. Rational / Formal System
10. 10. Natural / Adaptive System
11. 11. Open System
12. 12. Understand the manifestations of organizational culture. http://www.graysharbortalk.com/2014/11/04/find-bigfoot-sasquatch-summit/
13. 13. Organizational Culture Structure & Roles Policies Communication & Language Tools & Processes Skills & Knowledge Physical Environment Incentives Values & Assumptions
14. 14. Structure & Roles Communication & Language Tools & Processes Skills & Knowledge Physical Environment Values & Assumptions Policies Incentives
15. 15. Structure & Roles Communication & Language Tools & Processes Skills & Knowledge Physical Environment Values & Assumptions Policies Incentives
16. 16. Structure & Roles Communication & Language Tools & Processes Skills & Knowledge Physical Environment Values & Assumptions Policies Incentives
17. 17. Structure & Roles Communication & Language Tools & Processes Skills & Knowledge Physical Environment Values & Assumptions Policies Incentives
18. 18. Use the design process. http://www.carynvainio.com/
19. 19. Envision Understand the future culture you intend to change towards. your current organizational culture.
20. 20. Dave Gray & Alex Osterwalder, http://xplaner.com/culturemap/ Culture Maps Journey Maps Tools for Discussing Beliefs & Behaviors
21. 21. Skills & Knowledge Capability Motivation Opportunity Behavior Processes & Tools Environment Policies Communication & Language Structure & Roles Values & Assumptions Incentives Structure & Roles COM-B Model Susan Mitchie et al (2011)
22. 22. Envision Identify Understand the future culture you intend to change towards. your current organizational culture. the opportunities and challenges between the two. Select Analyze Generate and implement some of those ideas. ideas for potential changes to process, structure, roles, etc. and critique your implementation and it’s effect. Iterate and keep going.
23. 23. Infuse empathy.
24. 24. Design Business Development
25. 25. Understand your influence. http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/just-twenty-nine-dominoes-could-knock-down-the-empire-state-building-2232941/
26. 26. Direct Influence
27. 27. Indirect / Partial Influence
28. 28. Viral Influence
29. 29. No matter what your position is, you have the ability to influence the culture around you.
30. 30. No matter what your position is, you have the ability to influence the culture around you. The simplest way to begin is to look for opportunities to build trust and ask questions.
31. 31. Redefine productivity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_line#/media/File:Ford_assembly_line_-_1913.jpg
32. 32. “There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.” Peter Drucker Management Consultant, Author and Educator
33. 33. Intentional culture change requires persistence, adaptation, and iteration.
34. 34. ThankYou!Adam Connor VP Organizational Design & Training @adamconnor aconnor@madpow.com madpow.com Boston, MA & Portsmouth, NH Discussing Design: Improving Communication And Collaboration Through Critique Available from O’Reilly Publishing and on Amazon Slides available at: slideshare.com/adamconnor