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"An IBM Global CEO Study conducted in 2010 concluded that complexity was the primary challenge emerging out of its conversations with 1,500 CEOs and senior government officials. “CEOs told us they operate in a world that is substantially more volatile, uncertain and complex. Many shared the view that incremental changes are no longer sufficient in a world that is operating in fundamentally different ways.” "

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"If we have learned anything during the past few years it is that the pace of change is absolutely ridiculous. No matter what part of the organization you are in, your ability to keep pace is challenged daily. If we can accept this as a truth, then there is uniquely one best practice that might stand a chance, how we adapt to change. Other than that, all other ‘Best Practices’ are simply roadblocks to success and excuses to remain irrelevant. "

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"« En France, “la débrouille”, le fait de “faire avec” sont encore considérés comme des moments ponctuels, des accidents de parcours, qui, s’ils se répètent, risquent de mettre en péril la rigueur et la lisibilité du système. » Cette notion fait pourtant référence à des compétences fondamentalement positives dans les pays anglo-saxons, dans des domaines aussi variés que l’innovation, l’entrepreneuriat, des systèmes d’information… Le manager bricoleur est donc un profil précieux pour une entreprise,"

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"Pascal Picq, paléoanthropologue, a attiré l'attention de patrons, il y a une quinzaine d'années, alors qu'il intervenait à la radio pour parler d'adaptation -un maître mot en management. Aujourd'hui, le regard critique que jette ce maître de conférences au Collège de France sur l'univers de l'entreprise laisse à penser que la théorie de l'évolution (celle du changement, fondée sur des observations et des lois naturelles) pourrait éclairer d'un jour nouveau la sphère microéconomique. "

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"One of the most difficult challenges companies face today is how to be more flexible and adaptive in a dynamic, volatile business environment. How do you build a company that can identify and capitalize on opportunities, navigate around risks and other challenges, and respond quickly to changes in the environment? How do you embed that kind of agility into the DNA of your company?

The answer is to distribute control in such a way that decisions can be made as quickly and as close to customers as possible. There is no way for people to respond and adapt quickly if they have to get permission before they can do anything."

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"It’s been the issue for a small period of time now, and I’ve contemplated the idea in a few blog posts: I really think this is the end of us throwing technical ‘solutions’ at a business or organisational ‘problem’ – and that we will all agree that E2.0 and Social are about humans, people, change management, radical organisation change, and, in the end, about tools"

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"Parallels with todays corporation? The neo-limbic looks like the corporate culture and the processes, whether they are explicit or implicit. The PFC looks like the collaborative and collective potential – when there’s a whole world of talents and knowledge to mine and the power of connections to leverage. The former runs our organizations, the latter may have hints for innovating and solving pervasive issues – though not fully sure how to use it, not sure where it will lead."

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In this environment, companies need to evolve into what I call an Aligned Enterprise which I’ve defined as:

An organization that acts cohesively and embraces change in its environment

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The point Gary Hamel drives home is that our business and economic environment has irrevocably shifted toward higher volatility and accelerated change. The sundering of companies from healthy industry positions to crisis mode in relatively short order demonstrates the need for updating management philosophies.

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If you’re a professional manager, here’s a question for you: What’s the obstinate, knotty management problem you’re working to solve—the one that bedevils your organization, that lies beyond the boundaries of best practice, and has no obvious solution? In other words, are you working on anything that might advance the state of the art in a fundamental way? Are you aiming to fundamentally improve the technology we use to mobilize human resources to productive ends—that is, the technology of management? If no, why not?

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Le monde n’arrête pas de changer. Faut-il être « adaptable » pour y devenir centenaire ? Non. C’est l’organisation de la société qui absorbe la compexité du changement, et qui nous le traduit en un changement qui convienne à notre capacité d’adaptation. Ce faisant elle nous permet une spécialisation accrue. Einstein peut découvrir la relativité sans avoir à se préoccuper des exigences de l’économie.
Notre comportement est piloté par des règles visibles (les lois) ou invisibles (la politesse). Les modifier permet de le transformer sans douleur.

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