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Andreas Holmer

Jun 22

OKR Template: Leading vs. Lagging, Outcomes over Activities, Roofshots and Moonshots

[Week 12, 2021] How do you define success criteria for new projects? This template shows you how.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 9

RDHY at MAQE: Complexity Conscious, Customer-Centric, and People Positive

[Week 25, 2020] MAQE is adopting Haier’s Rendanheyi (RDH) model. There are three reasons why.

Andreas Holmer

Sep 6

Complexity Conscious: Takeaways from Brave New Work, Part 1

As part of a 3 part series, I gather some takeaways from Aaron Dignan’s seminal book “Brave New Work”.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 9, 2020

What You Do Is Who You Are: Core Virtues, Hard Choices, and Situational Leadership

[Week 27, 2021] Ben Horowitz’s new book on business culture says that actions speak louder than words.

Andreas Holmer

Sep 19

Lessons from Andrew Grove: Measuring Output, Writing Reports, and Creating Leverage

[Week 15, 2021] Timeless lessons on management from Intel’s longtime chairman and CEO.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 28

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Normative Ethics: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics

[Week 30, 2020] What does philosophy have to do with organizational design? Quite a bit, as it turns out.

Andreas Holmer

Oct 14

The mOS Trifecta: Personal Fulfillment, Customer Satisfaction, and Company Profitability

[Week 29, 2021] MAQE’s new organizational operating system is designed with three things firmly in mind.

Andreas Holmer

Oct 3

Introducing mOS v1.0: Platforms, Teams, and Roles

[Week 28, 2021] MAQE is implementing a new organizational operating system.

Andreas Holmer

Sep 27

How The Ready Works: Participatory Governance, Compensation Stacks, and Market-Based Dynamic

[Week 26, 2021] This is how organizational design firm The Ready promotes remains people-positive and complexity-conscious.

Andreas Holmer

Sep 13

How Zappos Works: Market-Based Dynamics, Customer-Generated Budgeting and the Triangle of…

[Week 24, 2020] How one company delivers happiness to customer and employees alike.

Andreas Holmer

Aug 29

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 3: Contracts for Employment, Incorporation, and Partnership

[Week 23, 2021] MAQE is implementing Rendanheyi. To do so, we’re crafting three types of smart contracts.

Andreas Holmer

Aug 24

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 2: Microservices, APIs, and Minimum-Viable Products

[Week 22, 2020] Three metaphors to help understand Haier’s organizational model and philosophy.

Andreas Holmer

Aug 17

Task Relevant Maturity (TRM): Instruct, Support, and Delegate

[Week 21, 2021] TRM helps managers provide the right type of support to the right person at the right time.

Andreas Holmer

Aug 8

Business Ecosystems: Competition, Collaboration, and Contracting

Each week: three ideas on the future of work. This week: three ideas about business ecosystems.

Andreas Holmer

Aug 1

Organizational Relics: Top-Down Hierarchies, Annual Budgets, and Full-time Employment

[Week 19, 2020] The world has changed. But the way we organize ourselves and our work has not.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 25

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 1: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Boundaries

[Week 18, 2021] Haier’s Rendanheyi model asks that we re-envision the very notion of what an organization is and ought to be.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 21

ISO 56002:2019: Elements, Principles, and Guidelines

[Week 17, 2020] Innovation management systems help organizations realize value of new ideas.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 14

Cautionary Tales: Purpose Washing, Hustle Culture, and Digital Taylorism

[Week 12, 2019] Three cautionary tales for proponents of the future of work.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 10

Purpose, Prioritized: CVS Healthcare, REI Retail, and LEGO Toys

[Week 13, 2019] This week: three purpose-driven organizations that put walk the walk.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 10

Organization-Market Fit: Functional, Divisional, and Hybrid Structures

[Week 16 2021] How and why to balance leverage and responsiveness for Organization-Market Fit.

Andreas Holmer

Jul 7

How Basecamp Works: Shaping, Betting, and Building

[Week 13, 2020] There’s a new book out detailing Basecamp’s working process. These are my highlights…

Andreas Holmer

Jun 16

Innovation Culture: Exacting Standards, Rigorous Discipline, and Brutal Candor

[Week 7, 2021] Innovation isn’t all fun and games. This week: HBS’ Gary Pisano reminds us why.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 9

The 4Ps of Innovation Management Metrics: Portfolio, Process, Practices, and Projects

[Week 11, 2020] How might we measure innovation at scale? This week: a framework to do just that.

Andreas Holmer

Jun 2

Total Innovation, Part 3: Configuration, Offering, and Experience

[Week 10, 2020] There are 10 types of innovations. Mix and match for greatest impact.

Andreas Holmer

May 27

Total Innovation, Part 2: Ambition, Investment, and Returns

[Week 9, 2021] How should organization manage their innovation portfolio? Answers in this week’s post.

Andreas Holmer

May 18

Total Innovation, Part 1: Technology Push, Demand Pull, and Design Push

[Week 8, 2021] There are different types of innovation, and different people who create them.

Andreas Holmer

May 11

Intuit’s Design for Delight: Innovation, Catalysts, and Principles

[Week 6, 2021] This week: how Intuit used Design Thinking to produce change, drive innovation, and create meaningful solutions.

Andreas Holmer

May 4

The Advice Process: Distribute Authority, Aim for Consent, and Improve the System

[Week 5, 2020] What does an effective decision-making process look like? This week: the answer from American entrepreneur Dennis Bakke.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 26

Trust: Trillion-Dollar Coins, Mental Models, and Complex Adaptive Systems

[Week 4, 2021] What can fiscal policy tell us about organizational design? Quite a bit as it turns out.

Andreas Holmer

Apr 19

Each week, three ideas on the future of work

Data Analytics: Blindsight, Hindsight, Insights, and Foresight

OKR Template: Leading vs. Lagging, Outcomes over Activities, Roofshots and Moonshots

RDHY at MAQE: Complexity Conscious, Customer-Centric, and People Positive

Complexity Conscious: Takeaways from Brave New Work, Part 1

What You Do Is Who You Are: Core Virtues, Hard Choices, and Situational Leadership

Lessons from Andrew Grove: Measuring Output, Writing Reports, and Creating Leverage

Normative Ethics: Deontology, Utilitarianism, and Virtue Ethics

The mOS Trifecta: Personal Fulfillment, Customer Satisfaction, and Company Profitability

Introducing mOS v1.0: Platforms, Teams, and Roles

How The Ready Works: Participatory Governance, Compensation Stacks, and Market-Based Dynamic

How Zappos Works: Market-Based Dynamics, Customer-Generated Budgeting and the Triangle of…

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 3: Contracts for Employment, Incorporation, and Partnership

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 2: Microservices, APIs, and Minimum-Viable Products

Task Relevant Maturity (TRM): Instruct, Support, and Delegate

Business Ecosystems: Competition, Collaboration, and Contracting

Organizational Relics: Top-Down Hierarchies, Annual Budgets, and Full-time Employment

Unpacking Rendanheyi, Part 1: Platforms, Ecosystems, and Boundaries

ISO 56002:2019: Elements, Principles, and Guidelines

Cautionary Tales: Purpose Washing, Hustle Culture, and Digital Taylorism

Purpose, Prioritized: CVS Healthcare, REI Retail, and LEGO Toys

Organization-Market Fit: Functional, Divisional, and Hybrid Structures

How Basecamp Works: Shaping, Betting, and Building

Innovation Culture: Exacting Standards, Rigorous Discipline, and Brutal Candor

The 4Ps of Innovation Management Metrics: Portfolio, Process, Practices, and Projects

Total Innovation, Part 3: Configuration, Offering, and Experience

Total Innovation, Part 2: Ambition, Investment, and Returns

Total Innovation, Part 1: Technology Push, Demand Pull, and Design Push

Intuit’s Design for Delight: Innovation, Catalysts, and Principles

The Advice Process: Distribute Authority, Aim for Consent, and Improve the System

Trust: Trillion-Dollar Coins, Mental Models, and Complex Adaptive Systems