Chatting About Change with Dr. Jim Maddox
Chatting About Change is about organizational change and helping individuals and organizations experience life to the fullest, and engaging in positive, transformational change. I am a university professor, OD consultant, and Change Strategist. Each episode I will engage in conversations with a guest from diverse backgrounds around the topic of change.
Chatting About Change with Dr. Jim Maddox
“Syngineering” – using Gestalt principles and organic approaches to organizational design
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Jim Maddox
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Episode 20
My guests for this episode are two of the authors of the soon to be released book, Syngineering; Building Agility into Any Organization, Bill Zybac and Richard Thayer. Bill poses a powerful question, “How do we deal with the volatility and complexity all around us, and all kinds of unintended consequences playing out all over the globe?” Our conversation explores the field of organization design and some of the book’s ideas and strategies to help design organizations to adapt and manage change. A core approach is to bring all voices together to work across silos, applying Gestalt theories and an organic approach.