Certified Org Topologies Consultant (C-OTC)
Opening of the Certified Org Topologies Consultant course — designing and elevating organizational performance in the age of AI, the first People + AI org change system.
Design and Elevate Organizational Performance in the Age of AI
Certified Org Topologies Consultant — the first People + AI management and org change system.
Welcome to a three-day course!
…which we do in only two days.
The Certified Org Topologies Consultant program equips leaders and consultants to design adaptable, high-performing orgs with the first People + AI org change system.
Process?
- Practice the OT method in a real environment
- Collect artifacts
- Produce an experience report
- Reach out to us
- 8:00 — Course content with break(s)
- 11:30 — Lunch
- 15:00 — Course content with break(s)
- 16:00 — Closing
- Photos, slides
- Slack access
- Vegas rule
- Post-class beer? Meetups?
- Other agreements?
You can follow the slides
- Org Topologies theory, approach, and models.
- …
- …
At your tables, invitation:
Share your frustrations with the org change, change theatre, state of agile adoption, AI …
- "Agile is dead" (and most developers hate Scrum).
- Org Design (OD) is not among performance management tools.
- Lack of common vocabulary for org change direction (incl. failed change).
- "Compulsive Framework Dependency Disorder."
- Many improvements focus locally (e.g., individual teams).
- Great ideas (e.g., LeSS, FaST) are not widespread as they deserve to be.
- …
"I estimate that 75% of those organizations using Scrum will not succeed in getting the benefits that they hope for from it."
OD is to org change, what code is to software.
A way to think, see, and talk about the org design and org development —to get change going.
[Agnostic View]
OT helps leaders create fit-for-purpose organizations by aligning strategy and structure according to relevant optimizing goals.
[Agnostic View]
An org design system with a vector for creating adaptive orgs with people + AI.
[Primed View]
And then Craig "ruined" the party…
Any modern management method that ignores the accelerating progress of AI cannot be serious.
It is like ignoring computers 50 years ago.
People will be displaced, unless …
"There is no instant pudding."
Please, discuss: what might this mean?
Speaking of instant puddings…
- Org Topologies theory, approach, and models (to be cont.)
- A case of XYZ company (aka Hanna and Co.)
- …
Meet the Personas of the Case
HR Director
Strongly believes in relationships and people management as the foundation of org success. Had not been deeply involved in org design work at the company.
Senior Developer
High-performing developer, early AI adopter. Believes in experimentation and cross-boundary work using AI. Strong in frontend. Secretly experiments with going full-stack with GenAI.
Director of Engineering
Trusts in strong management and technology's ability to increase performance. Six months ago, he accomplished an IT transformation and streamlined the teams to own services.
Head of Product
A strong product person, outcome-focused. New to the company. In her previous job, she witnessed teams co-owning the whole product. She sees major downsides of the current approach of streamlining the teams.