The End of Change: How Your Company Can Sustain Growth and Innovation While Avoiding Change Fatigue

In This Book, You'll Be Taught How To Assess Both The Level And The Frequency Of Innovation In Your Organization And Choose The Structures That Are Most Suitable For You At This Time. You'll Also Be Shown How To Make A Smooth Transition From One Stability Structure To Another When And If The Need Arises. By Putting Appropriate Structures In Place, You'll Have A System That Automatically Creates Shock Absorbers Based On An In-depth Understanding Of How People React To Change; Maintains Continuity Across Cycles To Minimize Disruption; Encourages Incremental Innovation For People Who Can Prepare In Advance; Creates Safe Places To Fail; Implements An Early-warning System That Recognizes Disruption; Trains Experts Who Know How To Pass On Knowledge; And Builds Stability Within Teams.--jacket. Stability Structures -- The Pyramid -- The Cube -- The Cylinder -- The Sphere -- Shock Absorbers -- Bridging And Creeping -- Surging -- Individuals' Concerns -- Cascading Vision Techniques -- Communication And Training -- A Surge Group -- Test Constantly For Hot Spots -- Matching Shock Absorbers To The Structures -- Pyramids -- Cubes -- Cylinders -- Spheres -- Your Collection Of Structures -- Energia -- Drawing Maps -- Understand Strategic Choices -- Discover Hot Spots Of Change Fatigue -- Define The Business Domains -- Identify Events -- Make A Turbulence Forecast For Each Domain -- Create A Turbulence Map Of Your Organization -- Coco -- Knowledge Management -- Assignment Execution -- Product Development -- Client Management -- Strategy, Tactics, And Operations -- Learning About Stabilizers -- Breaking Through The Thought Barrier -- Sweet Dreams -- The Play's The Thing -- It's How You Play The Game -- Pattern Recognition -- Navigating In The Fog -- Different Tools, Different Toolboxes -- Ferrying Between Thinking And Doing -- Understanding The Tactical Tools -- How One Telecom Used The Tools -- Applying Tactical Tools To The Structures -- Focusing On The Destination -- Radar Screens -- The War Room -- Adapting To Stay On Course -- Rapid Response Capability -- Matching Tools To Structures -- Teams, Quality, And Communication -- Collaborating For Stability Through Individualism -- Mirror, Mirror -- Managing The Marketplace -- I Got Rhythm -- Matching Teams' Tools To Structures. Peter Scott-morgan ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.