For much of the last 30 years, organizations have agonized about whether they should centralize or decentralize their operations. But today that debate is increasingly moot. Every organization is essentially a distributed one, with many different options for getting work done. Our ability to “liberate” work from the organization and distribute it to its optimal provider — anywhere in the world — is creating a new set of requirements for leaders.
The 8 Ways Companies Get Work Done, and How to Align Them
Establish a unifying purpose.
August 06, 2019
Summary.
Our ability to “liberate” work from the organization and distribute it to its optimal provider — anywhere in the world — is creating a new set of requirements for leaders. To succeed in this new world of work, leaders need to focus on two things: They need to have a better understanding of the eight different sources of labor, and they need to better align the interests of these different sources of work to create a unifying culture. In other words, leaders need to use culture as the new structure.