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In The Loop: Leadership and the Fit Systems Enterprise
In The Loop: Leadership and the Fit Systems Enterprise
Introduction
Tom Mohr
Apr 30, 2019
In the Loop — Chapter 1: The Rise of The Loop Paradigm
In the Loop — Chapter 1: The Rise of The Loop Paradigm
Digital technology has hit an inflection point, and there’s no turning back. Products and services are digitizing. More and more human…
Tom Mohr
May 7, 2019
In the Loop —Chapter 2: In the Loop Leadership
In the Loop —Chapter 2: In the Loop Leadership
If you are the CEO or senior executive of a company with big aspirations — whether startup or Fortune 500 — the job of transformation is…
Tom Mohr
May 14, 2019
In the Loop — Chapter 3: The Enterprise as a System of Systems
In the Loop — Chapter 3: The Enterprise as a System of Systems
When an enterprise fails, opinions abound as to why. Some fault the functional structure. Everyone operated in silos. The sales department…
Tom Mohr
May 21, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 4: The Generative and Adaptive Imperatives
In The Loop—Chapter 4: The Generative and Adaptive Imperatives
Systems can always be improved. But a system intervention must be well planned, or the cure may prove worse than the disease. In improving…
Tom Mohr
May 28, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 5: Vision and Strategic Choice
In The Loop—Chapter 5: Vision and Strategic Choice
Vision is the leader’s foresight: the end in mind of what the enterprise will become. Its reach is limited only by the leader’s capacity…
Tom Mohr
Jun 4, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 6: Systems and Company Stage
In The Loop—Chapter 6: Systems and Company Stage
On the day you start a company, you give birth to a system. Not much of one, of course. It is small and weak — almost helpless. It makes…
Tom Mohr
Jun 11, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 7: Organization Design and Self-Organized Teams
In The Loop—Chapter 7: Organization Design and Self-Organized Teams
How would you describe your company? Do you think of it as a set of functions or as a set of systems? This is a paradigm choice — and your…
Tom Mohr
Jun 18, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 8: Dealing With Archetypes
In The Loop—Chapter 8: Dealing With Archetypes
Systems break down in many ways large and small. In the fit systems enterprise, teams and leaders watch out for archetypes. These are…
Tom Mohr
Jun 25, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 9: Improving a Domain
In The Loop—Chapter 9: Improving a Domain
So let’s get down to business. Every step towards your generative and adaptive imperatives occurs inside domains. Bounded by the stage of…
Tom Mohr
Jul 2, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 10: Results-Centric Process Redesign
In The Loop—Chapter 10: Results-Centric Process Redesign
“Re-engineering is the fundamental rethinking and radical redesign of business processes to achieve dramatic improvements in critical…
Tom Mohr
Jul 9, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 11: Mobilizing Generative and Digital Transformation
In The Loop—Chapter 11: Mobilizing Generative and Digital Transformation
If you are an executive in a global 2000 enterprise with roots as a non-technology company, this chapter and the next are for you.
Tom Mohr
Jul 16, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 12: Justifying Transformation Investments
In The Loop—Chapter 12: Justifying Transformation Investments
As CEO of a public company, your job is to reward investors by increasing the company’s market capitalization over the long run. This…
Tom Mohr
Jul 23, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 13: Product Discovery vs. Product Management
In The Loop—Chapter 13: Product Discovery vs. Product Management
In the fit systems enterprise it’s all about systems. In the next seven chapters, we dive into the operating systems and meta systems.
Tom Mohr
Jul 30, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 14: The Rest of the Operating Systems
In The Loop—Chapter 14: The Rest of the Operating Systems
The enterprise systems schema shown above displays eight operating systems. There could be fewer or more. An early stage startup will not…
Tom Mohr
Aug 6, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 15: The Engineering System
In The Loop—Chapter 15: The Engineering System
In the next five chapters we will delve into the five meta systems of the enterprise.
Tom Mohr
Aug 13, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 16: The DataOps System
In The Loop—Chapter 16: The DataOps System
The purpose of the DataOps system is to place the right data into the right hands (or systems) at the right time all the time. In a…
Tom Mohr
Aug 20, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 17: The Culture System
In The Loop—Chapter 17: The Culture System
At every stage on the journey of company building, culture evolves. Culture embodies the real values of the company at any given time. It…
Tom Mohr
Aug 27, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 18: The Strategy, Planning and Architecture System
In The Loop—Chapter 18: The Strategy, Planning and Architecture System
“It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your…
Tom Mohr
Sep 3, 2019
In The Loop—Chapter 19: The Governance System
In The Loop—Chapter 19: The Governance System
A recent Googlegeist survey became a hot news topic.
Tom Mohr
Sep 10, 2019
In The Loop — Chapter 20: Deputy
In The Loop — Chapter 20: Deputy
As CEO of Aerocare, an airport services company based in Sydney, Australia, Steve Shelley had a problem. The management of his large and…
Tom Mohr
Sep 17, 2019
In The Loop — Chapter 21: Zuora
In The Loop — Chapter 21: Zuora
Tien Tzuo grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Early on, he showed a penchant for bold ideas and entrepreneurial ventures. So it was perhaps not…
Tom Mohr
Sep 23, 2019
In The Loop — Chapter 22: General Motors
In The Loop — Chapter 22: General Motors
When the Great Recession hit, General Motors was ill prepared. After years of declining market share and soaring pension liabilities, it…
Tom Mohr
Oct 1, 2019
In The Loop — Chapter 23: Starbucks
In The Loop — Chapter 23: Starbucks
The big change began on January 7, 2008. That was the day Howard Schultz reclaimed his seat as CEO of Starbucks. He had departed in 2000…
Tom Mohr
Oct 8, 2019
In The Loop — Chapter 24: Reactive Systems and Microservices Architecture
In The Loop — Chapter 24: Reactive Systems and Microservices Architecture
For the next six chapters, we will explore how modern technology has evolved, is built, is maintained and is upgraded. Digital literacy is…
Tom Mohr
Oct 15, 2019
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