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LeadingtheSwarmKeystobuildinganinnova1ve&disrup1veorganiza1on!

@larssudmannFacebook/LarsSudmannbe.linkedin.com/in/LarsSudmann!

Audiences „Led“

Leader

Leadership Lecturer

Organizational Advisor

High!

Low!

Degree of Organi-zation!

1600! 1700! 1800! 1900! 2000!

?!

@larssudmann

!“We are at a punctuation point in human history where the industrial age and institutions have finally come to their logical conclusion.”!! ! ! ! !!

Don Tapscott!

Morethan200millionpeopleworkinglobal&dispersedteams

Source:Manpower @larssudmann

Online!Swarms!

Activist Swarms!

Animal Swarms!

@larssudmann

Hollywood!Swarms!

Just let the organisation / swarm emerge?!

!“Only three things happen naturally in organisations: Friction, confusion, and underperformance; Everything else requires leadership.”!! ! ! ! !!

Peter Drucker!

Keystomeaning&innova1on

Build your Swarm!1!@larssudmann

Adopt the Hollywood Model of Organisation & Leadership !

@larssudmann

!“If the archetype of a great manager in the 20th century was GE’s Jack Welch, who grew talent internally, the great 21st-century manager will be someone who also understands how to tap the external talent pool. Organizations will start to look less like a pyramid and more like a jigsaw puzzle.”!

! ! ! ! !! Jody Miller!

Aggregator (e.g. TopCoder)

Arbitrator (e.g. 99designs)

Facilitator (e.g. Upwork, Freelancer)

Governor (e.g. Mechanical Turk)

Plat- form

Buyer Suppliers Platform

Gov

erna

nce?

On-Demand Workforce: „Human Cloud“

Where‘s the trust?

Cf. MIT Sloan Review: Managing the Human Cloud, 2013

Exponen1alOrganiza1ons

@larssudmann

#1:Buildyourswarm


Form a beating heart!2!@larssudmann

“NeverdoubtthatasmallgroupofthoughLul,commiNedci1zenscanchangetheworld;indeed,it’stheonlythingthateverhas.”MargeretMead @larssudmann

Energizing Team building

@larssudmann

Swarm&VirtualTeambuilding“Current

Busine

ss”

Focus

DuraAon

e.g.pictureget-to-know

e.g.virtualtreasurehunt

e.g.TED-likestatusupdates

e.g.moderatedstrategydiscussions

high

low

short long@larssudmann

0

5000

10000

15000

20000

25000

#TechManualsinCompanies

#ReadTechManualsinCompanies

5 minute tips

@larssudmann

#1:BuildYourswarm.

#2:Formabea1ngheart


The Power of Simple Coordination!3!

@larssudmann

Surf Scoter!

There are no meetings in swarms! Establish simple & meaningful alignment patterns.!

@larssudmann

« Turn your office into an ant colony » FastCompany!

@larssudmann

Have 1-1 interactions instead of meetings

www.polleverywhere.com

“Full Water” Meetings

#1:Buildyourswarm.

#2:Formabea1ngheart

#3:SimpleCoordina1on


The way out of disaster: towards disruption & innovation!4!

@larssudmann

Ant Death Cycle!

Weirdos matter!!

@larssudmann

Long operating history!

Static Environment!

Dynamic Environment!

Short operating history!

Predict & Plan!!(No Spaghetti)!

www.lars-sudmann.com Dimensions inspired by E. Ries, The Lean Startup, p.9

Cf.E.Ries,LeanStartup


Static Environment!






?!

“Ifthepathbeforeyouisclearyou’reprobablyonsomebodyelse’s.”JosephCampbell

Factcheck

ExpertsnobeNerthanshimpansiesatawall…

Predic1onsaredifficult,

especiallyaboutthefuture


Static Environment!




Test & Iterate!!(Spaghetti it)!



”For good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.” Margaret Hefferman

#1:Buildyourswarm.

#2:Formabea1ngheart

#3:SimpleCoordina1on

#4:WeirdosmaNer!


Let it go! !5!

@larssudmann

Natural Tendency: To »silo » & « cement » an organisation!

@larssudmann

!“The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts.”!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !Marcus Aurelius!

People want to lead others. But why not start by leading yourself?!

@larssudmann

#5:Letitgo!

#1:Buildyourswarm.

#2:Formabea1ngheart.

#3:SimpleCoordina1on.

#4:WeirdosmaNer!

@larssudmann


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Keystobuildinganinnova1ve&disrup1veorganiza1on!

[email protected]@larssudmannFacebook/LarsSudmannbe.linkedin.com/in/LarsSudmann!

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