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Organizational Development in Complex Environment – Causality Assumptions

Ari-Pekka Skarp www.skarpconsulting.fi/LESS2011.html

Purpose of the presentation

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Causality Assumptions


Is the movement

towards the future that is

known or unknown?

Is there outside observer

controlling the phenomenon?

Efficient Causality


The movement towards the

future is stable and predictable without any

notion of self-organization.

Interaction of the parts in a phenomenon

isn’t considered to be

significant.

Rationalist Causality


Movement towards the

future is towards a known state,

chosen by rational human

being.

The rational theory exists before the

chosen action. As all the

changes are due to human choice, there

isn’t any notion of self-organization.

“Motivating” staff with Efficient & Rationalist Causality

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Introvert

Likes money

Extrovert

Public recognition

Neurotic Shame

Challenges

Feelings

Carrot & stick

Discipline

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Formative Causality


The movement is produced by self-organizing interaction of

the parts towards that

pre-given form.

The system “as a whole” is

moving towards a known, pre-determined

final form or more mature form of itself.

“Growing” teams with Formative & Rationalist Causality


Setting boundaries: Job roles, trainings, company values, location, goals & roadmaps, leaders, incentive targets, metrics & measurements, purpose of the team…

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“Growing” teams with Formative & Rationalist Causality


Diversity: Different job roles, projects, competence areas, work tasks, ethnicity, education, experiences, cross-functionality…

ScrumMaster

Project Mgr Product Owner

Test Eng

UX Designer Epic Owner

Test Lead

Quality Eng

Line Mgr

Coach

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Transformative Causality


The movement is towards an

unknown state. There is a

possibility for continuity and transformation

of the identities.

Logic: “either…or”, “both…and”

à “at the same

time”

Gesture is at the same time

constraining and enabling

different possibilities for the responses.

Emergence of a team in Transformative Causality


Inclusion

Responses

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Turn-taking

Analogies from the Complexity Sciences


End of the presentation … or is it ?


“Like everyone else you were born into bondage. Into a prison that you cannot taste or see or touch. A prison for your mind.” -Morpheus, “The Matrix”

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