Col­lab­o­rais­ing organ­i­sa­tions

Believe it or not, there are busi­ness­es where employ­ees and cus­tomers start the day moti­vat­ed and fin­ish in good spir­its, engaged in stim­u­lat­ing con­ver­sa­tions. These com­pa­nies are suc­cess­ful and build tal­ents. They are fas­ci­nat­ing and draw our curios­i­ty.

The peo­ple who work in these com­pa­nies have a high degree of per­son­al moti­va­tion. Deci­sions are made on the spot and yet tak­en with care. Respon­si­bil­i­ty is assumed by those who real­ly know what they’re talk­ing about – in an enthu­si­as­tic atmos­phere where every­body is ded­i­cat­ed to dri­ving things for­ward togeth­er. Now who wouldn’t want to work here?

Ques­tions and chal­lenges

But how can com­pa­nies deliv­er when they are under such great pres­sure? Dig­i­tal trans­for­ma­tion and tech­no­log­i­cal change have swept through them at break­neck speed, and big data and AI have changed the dynam­ic fun­da­men­tal­ly. How can they cope with con­stant sys­tem launch­es, suf­fo­cat­ing com­pli­ance regimes and a multi­gen­er­a­tional work­force with dif­fer­ent mod­els of liv­ing?

A pul­sat­ing organ­ism

We believe that busi­ness­es with a long-term ori­en­ta­tion must con­scious­ly and con­stant­ly reori­ent them­selves. We see organ­i­sa­tions as vibrant, pul­sat­ing organ­isms in which peo­ple play the lead­ing role. The con­cept of lead­er­ship and coop­er­a­tion in the new dynam­ic envi­ron­ment must be expressed clear­ly and under­stood across the com­pa­ny.

The qual­i­ty of rela­tion­ships and mutu­al trust is reflect­ed in the way indi­vid­u­als work with each oth­er. Con­se­quent­ly, devel­op­ing col­lab­o­ra­tion is a key lever on the path to a healthy com­pa­ny.