Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future
In the last century, changes in technology have driven massive developments in the social economy. The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands new approaches to organizational structures and teams. A paradigm shift is emerging, putting engagement, relations, inclusion and freedom at the centre. We need small self-managed teams, in a team-of-teams structure to be relevant to employees and customers, and in order to adapt to a changing world.

In his second book, Erik Korsvik Ostergaard draws on the workings of Frederic Laloux, and his 2014 title Reiventing Organisations. Laloux discusses the five organizational stages to the modern workforce; the Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal stages. And with these writings, Ostergaard presents arguments towards how the classical corporate structure at the Orange stage, has experienced a rise in teal dots, or rather, neo-modernist forms of team-oriented organisms, which express a reorganisation for the future workforce.
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Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future
In the last century, changes in technology have driven massive developments in the social economy. The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands new approaches to organizational structures and teams. A paradigm shift is emerging, putting engagement, relations, inclusion and freedom at the centre. We need small self-managed teams, in a team-of-teams structure to be relevant to employees and customers, and in order to adapt to a changing world.

In his second book, Erik Korsvik Ostergaard draws on the workings of Frederic Laloux, and his 2014 title Reiventing Organisations. Laloux discusses the five organizational stages to the modern workforce; the Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal stages. And with these writings, Ostergaard presents arguments towards how the classical corporate structure at the Orange stage, has experienced a rise in teal dots, or rather, neo-modernist forms of team-oriented organisms, which express a reorganisation for the future workforce.
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Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future

Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future

by Erik Korsvik Ostergaard
Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future

Teal Dots in an Orange World: How to organize the workplace of the future

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Overview

In the last century, changes in technology have driven massive developments in the social economy. The Fourth Industrial Revolution demands new approaches to organizational structures and teams. A paradigm shift is emerging, putting engagement, relations, inclusion and freedom at the centre. We need small self-managed teams, in a team-of-teams structure to be relevant to employees and customers, and in order to adapt to a changing world.

In his second book, Erik Korsvik Ostergaard draws on the workings of Frederic Laloux, and his 2014 title Reiventing Organisations. Laloux discusses the five organizational stages to the modern workforce; the Red, Amber, Orange, Green and Teal stages. And with these writings, Ostergaard presents arguments towards how the classical corporate structure at the Orange stage, has experienced a rise in teal dots, or rather, neo-modernist forms of team-oriented organisms, which express a reorganisation for the future workforce.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781912555406
Publisher: LID Publishing
Publication date: 11/15/2019
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 5.45(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Erik is Partner and Founder of Bloch&Ostergaard, a Danish leadership advisory company that provides inspiration, guidance, and implementation support to top and middle management. He is also a mentor, key note speaker, and trusted advisor. He is Danish and lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments x

My aim with this book xii

Introduction and structure of the book xvi

The real change happens when you transform your organization xvi

Adaptability is the combination of autonomy and alignment xviii

Who has the ability to change the business world? xix

The structure of this book xx

Part 1 New Ways Of Thinking 4

Chapter 1 A New World Means New Problems 6

The philosophy of modern leadership 8

The proactive leaders want to create their future 10

New problems call for new solutions 11

A paradigm shift in leadership focus of the future of work 15

Four observations about a future to come 16

Chapter 2 Teal and Orange: A New Language for Culture and Dynamics 20

The emergence of self-management 21

Sociocracy 22

Agile 27

Lean startup 30

The birth of Teal: a classification of organizations 32

Using Teal and Orange as catch-all terms in this book 35

Comparing worlds and terminologies 36

Teal Dots in an Orange World: a model for organizational thinking 38

Taking ideology into reality 39

Balancing alignment and autonomy 41

Chapter 3 Case Study: Trustworks - a Teal Dot in an Orange Business World 46

Mindset and approach 48

Mechanisms and tooling 51

Results and the future 53

Your leadership profile: a maturity assessment 54

Part 2 New Ways Of Working 64

Chapter 4 The Illusion of Corporate Collaboration 68

New ways of working: "we don't do that - we're too busy improving" 70

The challenge of growth: leadership bandwidth 72

The power of small teams in the corporate world 74

Rethinking the problem 78

The challenge of modern organizations: asking the wrong question 79

The right solution: designing a dynamic solution to a dynamic problem 81

The rake and the flower 85

Chapter 5 How to Organize the Workplace of the Future 92

Purposeful organization, as a platform 95

Culture and fellowship 100

Individual coaching and stewardship 105

Distributed leadership and distributed decision-making 109

Self-managed delivery teams 115

Advisory Boards to the Tea! Dots 120

White Space mastery 124

Rhythms in and across teams, network, and organization 127

Network between teams and individuals 133

Evaluating your leadership and organization using the nine elements 138

Chapter 6 Case Study: Microsoft Denmark - Redesigning the Approach to Work from the Top Down and Inside Out 144

Mindset and approach 147

Mechanisms and tooling 149

Results and the future 153

Chapter 7 Case study: Ørsted - Building Cross-Organizational Interfaces With new ways of working 158

Mindset and approach 163

Mechanisms and tooling 167

Results and the future 169

Part 3 New Ways of Leading 172

Chapter 8 The Paradigm Shift: Leading Ecosystems 174

The dynamics of a modern organization in constant motion 176

Leading ecosystems of people and teams is a multidisciplinary task 179

The eclectic leadership of the modern workplace 184

Chapter 9 Leading the Paradigm Shift 186

Practice makes better 187

Organizational shocks, antifragility and sustainability 188

Reorganization is an opportunity for cultural development 190

Chapter 10 Case Study: The Mindset of a Modern Leader - Kent Højlund, CEO of Pingala A/S 194

Pingala: A Teal Dot in an Orange Business World 197

The mindset of a modern CEO 200

Creating a modern culture with modern mechanisms without managers 202

How do you initiate the development? 204

Summary and conclusion of Parts One to Three 208

The question 210

The answer 213

Part 4 Practices and Mechanisms 218

Chapter 11 Practices and Mechanisms 220

Purposeful organization, as a platform 223

Culture and fellowship 228

Individual coaching and stewardship 231

Distributed leadership and distributed decision-making 234

Self-managed delivery teams 237

Advisory Boards 240

White Space mastery 244

Rhythms in and across teams, networks and organization 246

Networks between teams and individuals 250

Chapter 12 Get Started 254

References 257

Endnotes 263

An introduction to Erik Korsvik Østergaard 264

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