Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Deskilled by AI Context: The calculator took mental arithmetic. GPS took a sense of direction that used to build itself through years of navigating without hel...

In 1977, Fred Emery published a map of how organisations, and societies, respond to environments they cannot control. It sets out eight recognisable patterns of failure, and four ideals that offer a w...

In 1977, Fred Emery published a map of how organisations, and societies, respond to environments they cannot control. It sets out eight recognisable patterns of failure, and four ideals that offer a w...

In 1977, Fred Emery published a map of how organisations, and societies, respond to environments they cannot control. It sets out eight recognisable patterns of failure, and four ideals that offer a w...

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In 2008, de Guerre, Emery, Aughton, and Trull published a study tracing a causal chain from organisational design principle to mental health outcome. Structure came first. Trust, autonomy, and low dep...

A catalogue of organisational dysfunctions explained through Open Systems Theory. For everyone who has felt the friction of broken structures but lacked the language for it.

A catalogue of organisational dysfunctions explained through Open Systems Theory. For everyone who has felt the friction of broken structures but lacked the language for it.

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The org chart nobody uses Context: A new hire joins. In the first week, someone shows them the org chart. Departments, reporting lines, clear boxes. A few weeks...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Nobody wants to own this Context: There is a service that seven teams depend on. It was built three years ago by a team that no longer exists. The code lives in...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The talent myth Context: "Build projects around motivated individuals. Give them the environment and support they need, and trust them to get the job done." Thi...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day 

 The efficiency drive Context: The organisation is restructuring. Agile transformation, flatter structure, fewer layers. It makes sense on paper. A list of ro...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Innovation theatre Context: The organisation wants to be more innovative. A hackathon is announced. People form teams over a weekend, build prototypes, pitch to...

Will OST just result in structurelessness? Jo Freeman's 1970 essay "The Tyranny of Structurelessness" comes up now and then as an argument against DP2. The reasoning runs like this. Freeman showed th...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The change they stopped believing in Context: The organisation has been through four transformations in seven years. Agile. DevOps. Product thinking. Now a pla...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Endless alignment meetings Context: The calendar is full of alignment meetings. Syncs between teams, cross-functional check-ins, steering group updates, all-ha...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Somebody has to chase this Context: The reorg genuinely changed things. Stream-aligned teams now own their own backlog and ship independently, without waiting ...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day We need a resource A client asks for two Java resources for three months, starting Monday. The staffing lead checks who is between engagements. A senior archit...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The gates they removed Context: The organisation used to run a CAB for every change, an architecture board sign-off for major decisions, a security gate at the...

The most common objection from people inside the software industry is that Agile already did what OST suggests. The Agile Manifesto promised working software, collaboration, responding to change. Scru...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day It took an outsider to say it Context: Someone on the team has been raising the same issue for two years. In retrospectives, in one-to-ones, in Slack threads, ...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Removing management Context: The organisation has decided to flatten. A layer of management, usually middle management, is removed in the name of agility, cost...

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Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The enterprise architect Context: The organisation has hired another enterprise architect. They come from a strong IT background and have spent years designing...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day Deskilled by AI Context: The calculator took mental arithmetic. GPS took a sense of direction that used to build itself through years of navigating without hel...

Organisational Dysfunction of the Day The wellness programme Context: The organisation launches a mental health initiative. An EAP contract, a wellness app subscription, mindfulness sessions during...