Future Workplace

‘All roads lead to Rome.’ This common phrase encapsulates how most organizations function today. Decision-making is centralized in one seat of power – just like in Rome. Accountability and responsibility flow upwards, and those at the outer-reaches of the organization have little say in what happens to them. Like the saying, the model is incredibly familiar – and somewhat archaic. And as companies need to be increasingly adaptive and responsive in order to grow – or just stay relevant – this set-up becomes less practical. You end up disempowering the very people you need to make your business successful. So, it’s time to break away from Rome! Enabling smart, autonomous decision-making will allow your business to attain new levels of agility – as I’ll explain in this blog post. The illusion of control One of the biggest problems with centralized decision-making is only some of your staff get to have responsibility. How many organizations have you been in where goals... Read more