Slides from the guest lecture on organisation vs. organising at Søren Schultz at Copenhagen Business School (CBS)

1. Future Of Work
Organisation vs. organising
CBS
6-Nov-2015
Erik Korsvik Østergaard, Partner, Bloch&Østergaard
Because going to work should be nice, great, and awesome!

2. Bloch&Østergaard
Because going to work should be nice, great, and awesome!
(B. 1973) Experienced leader, department manager, project/program manager.
Master of Science from Technical University of Copenhagen.
EBA in cross-cultural project management.
I have worked with leadership and organizational involvement in +15 years, as a
consultant, project manager and department head – and have a burning passion for
people and leadership. I have specific experience with UNBOSS in practice and has
developed several tools to implement it – with good, measurable results.
– Senior management consultant, trusted advisor, strategist and executer,
– Mentor, advisory board member, speaker, inspirator, motivator.
– Guest lecturer at Copenhagen Business School (CBS) and the IT University of
Copenhagen (ITU)
(+45) 3146 2426
erik@blochoestergaard.dk – blochoestergaard.dk
http://www.linkedin.com/in/erikkorsvikoestergaard
Twitter @ErikQstergaard – https://twitter.com/ErikQstergaard
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3. Megatrends Future Of Work
Organising
(it’s a verb)
Closure
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Content

4. Berlingske Tidende, 14-May-2015

5. Megatrends
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Meaningfulness
Relations + Connectedness
Silver Backs + Millennia
Female Shift in Leadership
Radical Sustainability
Urbanisation + Globalisation
Technology + Going digital

6. Megatrends Future Of Work
Organising
(it’s a verb)
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Content

7. Organizations are changing
Purpose and
meaningfulness
Relations
beat skills
Larger
line teams
Smaller
project teams
Everyone is a
leader
Followership
supports
leadership
Step down
from the
Ivory Tower
Listen,
then decide
Intense
sprints
Not more,
but better

8. What people ask for in the future workplace
Future
workplace
Purpose
Relations
Results
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9. Two major components
Purpose driven leadership
• WHY do we go to work?
• What PURPOSE brings us
together?
Social Business
• Business based on relations
• With colleagues, with
customers, with partners, with
vendors
• Away from silos, towards
networks in and across
businesses
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Simon Sinek
”Start With Why”

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Organising
(it’s a verb)
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Content

11. Think ‘organising’
not ‘organisation’
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• Teams will group, dissolve, and regroup freely
• Teams establish their own structure
• Teams establish values and identity
• Teams are organising in an organisation
• Management stays in control
• Outer boundaries are kept
• Internal flexibility and well-being

12. Think ‘organising’
not ‘organisation’
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Identity
Framing
ValuesBehaviour
Skills
• Teams will group, dissolve, and regroup freely
• Teams establish their own structure
• Teams establish values and identity
• Teams are organising in an organisation
Inspired by Robert Dilts

13. Megatrends Future Of Work
Organising
(it’s a verb)
Closure
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Content

14. Summary
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15. Bloch&Østergaard
Because going to work should be nice, great, and awesome
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