Smarter Together
Growing Organizations for Velocity, Meaning and Agility
2015 Jack Ricchiuto (DesigningLife Books)
Paperback 142 p
From the back cover ...
Imagine work without bosses and emails.
What if work was designed for optimum velocity, meaning and agility? What if we could grow organizations from a thriving culture of integrity, initiative and inclusion?
In Smarter Together, 18-time author Jack Ricchiuto draws from research, science and practice to outline how we can immediately and sustainably move from stressed command and control to smart entrepreneurial organizations where we are smarter together.
"Growing smart organizations is our deepest global social and economic opportunity."
This has totally changed the way we plan, the engagement of the team, and the direction we are taking. Truly a game-changer. Robert Schepens, CEO, Champion Personnel System 2.0
Invitation
Smarter Together is about how the core difference between smart and stressed organizations is the quality of the conversations that shape everything that happens in them.
People in smart organizations work from the narrative that we are smarter together. People in stressed organizations work from the narrative that one of us can and needs to be smarter than all of us. These narratives shape the character of their conversations. Conversation is destiny.
The book outlines how smart organizations are designed for velocity, meaning and agility. Everyone becomes more entrepreneurial because they listen to their markets more deeply and engage talent more rigorously. Growing smarter organizations is vital to raising the quality of life for everyone on the planet.
Content
9 Invitation
11 Context
13 The smart imperative
17 Smarter together
21 Smarter conversations
40 The 3 principles of smarter conversations
45 The smart organization
49 Entrepreneurship
51 Business not as usual
52 Empathy
55 The entrepreneurial organization
56 Entrepreneurial ROI
58 Entrepreneurial risks
61 Smart Structures
63 Market teams
67 Project teams
69 Lead pairs
70 Circles & communities
74 Networks
79 Smart Tools
81 Transparency tools
84 Smart meetings
88 Work agreements
92 Talent and market mapping
97 Smart systems
99 Smart Culture
101 Social agreements
104 Engagement
105 Creative together
110 Happiness habits
114 The primacy of learning
117 Transition
119 The transition team
120 Leadership
121 Planning
123 Reviews and compensation
129 Resource networks
131 The Transition Checklist
133 The Promise of Smart Organizations
137 About the Author