2011 Austin Social Business Summit
Blog PostWe at Dachis Group are very pleased to host the Social Business Summit, which is rapidly becoming an annual signal of Spring in the world of Social Business. The Social Business Summits unfold across the world, a movable feast that brings the people who are designing the future of business to share the ideas and experiences that are shaping our picture of the 21st century enterprise.
Give pods a chance
Blog Post, The Connected CompanyPodular design is a concept that focuses on modularizing work: making units more independent, adaptive, linkable, and swappable. But the environment that surrounds the pods is equally critical to the success or failure of a podular system. Modular components are a critical element of a connected company. But to take advantage of pods you also need a business that is designed to support them
The future is podular
Blog Post, The Connected Company
One of the most difficult challenges companies face today is how to be more flexible and adaptive in a dynamic, volatile business environment. How do you build a company that can identify and capitalize on opportunities, navigate around risks and other challenges, and respond quickly to changes in the environment? How do you embed that kind of agility into the DNA of your company?
The Connected Company
Blog PostThe average life expectancy of a human being in the 21st century is about 67 years. Do you know what the average life expectancy for a company is? Surprisingly short, it turns out. In a recent talk, John Hagel pointed out that the average life expectancy of a company in the S&P 500 has dropped precipitously, from 75 years (in 1937) to 15 years in a more recent study. Why is the life expectancy of a company so low? And why is it dropping? I believe that many of these companies are collapsing under their own weight. As companies grow they invariably increase in complexity, and as things get more complex they become more difficult to control.