My presentation to the UK Department of Media, Culture and Sport. Autonomy is a strong tool to unlock innovation in your organization. The constant question is how to handle accountability in autonomous organizations. In this talk, I look at the benefits of an organization with autonomous teams and discuss ways of ensuring accountability and governance in those organizations.
3. AUTONOMOUS
adjective
au·ton·o·mous - ȯ-ˈtä-nə-məs
(of a country or region) having the freedom to govern itself or control its own affairs.
"the federation included sixteen autonomous republics"
having the freedom to act independently.
"school governors are legally autonomous"
synonyms: self-governing, independent, sovereign, free, self-ruling, self-determining, autarchic; self-sufficient
"an autonomous republic"
9. Team A Team B Team DTeam C Team F Team GTeam E
Lead
Local decision making
Risk-taking rewarded (Fail Safe)
Nimble /Adaptable
No speed limits
10. Team A Team B Team DTeam C Team F Team GTeam E
Lead
Alignment is more challenging
Accountability isn’t automatic
More effort to monitor
Budgetting is complex
11. Team A Team B Team DTeam C Team F Team GTeam E
Lead
26. Roles on the team are defined
Who should do what is always clear. People know what
their primary job is.
This doesn’t mean that roles cannot shift, if needed.
27. Success criteria is agreed on
Leadership and the team define the criteria which defines
success against the mission.This can change, but should
not change often.
29. “I never guess. It is a capital mistake to
theorize before one has data. Insensibly
one begins to twist facts to suit theories,
instead of theories to suit facts.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle