{"id":21334,"date":"2018-01-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/global2020prd.wpengine.com\/insights\/have-you-moved-to-the-new-look-2-speed-organization-yet\/"},"modified":"2020-05-11T14:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T14:11:08","slug":"have-you-moved-to-the-new-look-2-speed-organization-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.global-integration.com\/insights\/have-you-moved-to-the-new-look-2-speed-organization-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you moved to the new look 2-speed organization yet?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a single boss, single team past, activity and community often came from the same location or function. Nowadays in successful virtual, matrix and digital organizations, activity and community are diverging significantly.<\/p>\n

People will loosely remain part of business functions to build capability, community and drive functional excellence.\u00a0 However activity is now heading away from vertical silos in two parallel directions. People are likely to be part of a 2-speed organization, working on both:<\/p>\n

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  1. Horizontal processes and workflow <\/strong>\u2013 such as a supply chain \u2013 which will be fairly stable over time but require cross functional, virtual and matrix working as the norm. These value streams will increasingly extend outside the organization to include customers and suppliers.<\/li>\n
  2. More fragmented, multiple and transient digital projects and activities <\/strong>\u2013 many of them only existing for a short time. These teams are enabled through technology and cut across the traditional silos and boundaries of organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    At the same time people still want a stable, core home and sense of community, and we still need to build long-term capabilities. This will define our ability to deliver business results whilst at the same time attracting, retaining, engaging and developing the best people. This is the new look of activity and community:<\/p>\n

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    Modern virtual and digital organizations will need to reflect the fast-changing needs of activity with the more stable needs of community in ways of working and developing people. In recent blogs we\u2019ve explored how to adapt to the fast-changing needs of virtual activity \u2013 now we turn to building a true virtual community, both within and outside our traditional function, department and organization.<\/p>\n

    Again, technology can help us here. Standard social media (Twitter, LinkedIn etc\u2026) with its searchable profiles and simple opportunities for interaction and networking can be a useful tool for building virtual communities and make it easier to identify colleagues with similar skills or complimentary interests. (Although getting sucked into Twitter for hours on end each day is unlikely to be the best use of your time).<\/p>\n

    Answering McKinsey\u2019s latest global survey<\/a> on business use of social technology tools, 45% of Executives reported that these tools are now very or extremely integrated into day-to-day work, up from 30% the year before (n=2,091).<\/p>\n

    Message-based platforms in particular are starting to change the way people interact and work together. In the past 3 years, in companies that are using message-based platforms:<\/p>\n