{"product_id":"the-socially-dynamic-organisation-julian-stodd-9781916502598","title":"The Socially Dynamic Organisation: A New Model of Organisational Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eA strange feature of Organisations is that they cast a massive shadow onto their own future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe things that we do, the ways that we do them and the successes that we have are all held in the footprint that we land upon the earth. For Organisations, this footprint lies in assets, buildings, Reputation, Hierarchy, products and wealth. It is in the nature of Organisations to accrete both things and ways of doing things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome of these legacies are huge; hence, the shadows that they cast are long. But the thing about a shadow is that it should fall away from us. It should fall back into the past, whilst our future lies ahead where we are often blinded by the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur challenge is to create a type of Organisation that respects this legacy but aims firmly towards the future, grounded in the brilliance of its people today. For a new type of world, we will need a new type of Organisation: one that is lightweight and rapidly adaptable, that thrives in times of constant change, that respects the old but embraces the new.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe need an Organisation that is deeply fair to its people and to the societies within which it operates. We need an Organisation that can change without becoming breathless, is innovative without massive effort and has a high level of engagement because it has earned it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn other words, we need the impossible: the best of both worlds-an Organisation that is safe and old, yet dynamic and new. This book paints a picture charting a path from our old 'Domain'-based Organisation to a new type of 'Dynamic' one. In fact, to a 'Socially Dynamic' one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy work is set within the context of the Social Age, our evolved ecosystem of operation with its rebalancing of power, emergent social communities, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edemocratisation of technology and interconnected, globally local tribes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work explores the intersection of the formal worlds of Hierarchy and the social worlds of Community, and how we can find a new type of Organisation at the boundary between the two. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is an Organisation that will sit in tension: neither fully formal and visible nor entirely fluid and social. Not governed solely by system, process, rules and control but, nonetheless, governed. Creative with structure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiverse but united. Stronger, yet almost certainly smaller, although that may depend on what exactly you are measuring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOur task is to understand it, then to build it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julian Stodd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1916502598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916502598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sea Salt Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.22d","brand":"Julian Stodd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48241552818431,"sku":"9781916502598","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4bc36599-2028-4e19-80f4-8ff2ddc0a89b.jpg?v=1772654940","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-socially-dynamic-organisation-julian-stodd-9781916502598","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}