Organizational Dynamics: How organizations function as a whole, including how they adapt to change. Explores the impact of systems on team behavior, and the importance of understanding organizational culture. Examines the forces and patterns that influence organizational effectiveness. Includes topics such as organizational change.
Discover why 100% utilization guarantees failure and how slack time creates improves throughput and predictability. Learn the mathematics behind strategic “no” decisions and practical experiments to build sustainable team effectiveness through Kingman’s Law, context-switching research, and flow metrics.
Discover what forest fungi teach us about self-organization. Learn how slippery jacks, Indian pipes, and natural ecosystems show teams how to find their optimal conditions, form authentic partnerships, and thrive without hierarchical control.
Learn how Netflix evolved from DVD rental service to global content powerhouse by developing tide pool-inspired organizational adaptations including bounded autonomy, rhythmic change patterns, and productive constraint systems.
Explore how IKEA evolved from a mail-order business to a global phenomenon through forest-inspired principles of intergenerational leadership, mycorrhizal knowledge networks, and patient growth strategies spanning decades.
Discover how Spotify evolved its organizational structure from conventional hierarchy to distributed leadership through a savanna-inspired approach of collective intelligence, sentinel roles, and adaptive team structures.
