Reflections 27th February
On my mind this week
Dissolving Organisations
In her book "Big Magic" Elizabeth Gilbert floats the idea that we don't have ideas; but rather that they are already out there looking for hosts. If they land with us, and we don't do anything with them, they go and find somebody else. I like the imagery of that.
I think the applies to organisations. They spring into life on the back of a founders idea, and for a while are a hive of energy and creativity powered by that idea. They attract the people they need, and those people shape the business. The organisation is in effect a tool being used by those who are crafting the business. The founders and their teams are close to the market, they have emotional and financial 'skin in the game.' They think, and sense the business into existence in the way that a furniture maker works with a piece of wood via a relationsh…
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