Whatever your Organisation needs to do next, start by stopping. We’re excited to share The Killing Complexity Canvas, a 1-day intervention designed to help organisations solve the growing problem of internal complexity. The Canvas enables Organisations to simplify how they work and create more space for activities which contribute to Purpose (the Organisation’s reason for
In 2016 AstraZeneca launched a ‘Million Hour Challenge’ – a programme to save the business 1 million hours a year which could be reinvested. AstraZeneca recognised that internal complexity was blocking growth, and wanted people from across the organisation to remove low value, often unnecessary, time-consuming work and reuse this time for high value
Picture the scene. It’s 1944 and the world is at war. The United States’ Office for Strategic Services (now the CIA) deployed undercover agents in occupied countries such as France and Norway. Agents were provided with The Simple Field Manual – a guide on how to infiltrate and sabotage enemy organisations. Below is
What is the Work-Out? The Work-Out is a problem solving, change acceleration process which removes BAU organisation bureaucracy. It was named Work-Out because it identified work that should be stopped and removed (out). By bringing the right people together from across GE, the Work-Out lowered resistance to change and generated energy for business
Professor Gary Hamel and Michelle Zanini recently published the findings of a study where they asked 7,000 HBR readers for their thoughts on organisation bureaucracy. Context For simplicity, we class “bureaucracy” and “internal complexity” as the same thing in corporate organisations. Hamel and Zanini are co-founders of the Management Innovation eXchange. They estimate
An interview between Jamie Lawrence, Editor, HRZone and Adam Howe, Founder, Stop. on why HR must take ownership for removing complexity…
There’s an increasing amount of research on organisational complexity. Below we have shared a selection of the most relevant. From every way you look at it, being simple pays more than being complex
When setting up Stop., I didn’t ever imagine a scenario when I’d be researching and writing about Constantine The Great. But bear with me. This is a (very brief) history and economics lesson leaders
As organisations grow, processes, systems, management reports and the volume of meetings grow too. Some complexity is needed. Some complexity should even be embraced. Complexity allows organisations. So, what should leaders do?