Long Established Large Corporate Structures Under Siege by External Factors

What happens when a Pandemic happens, and humans respond?

VUCA!

The new business normal includes only a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous environment (VUCA). Business decisions that have traditionally been made slowly, now need to be made on an accelerated timeline. Organizations that are habituated to make decisions through methodical process may not be comfortable or capable of making quick choices and their corporate survival may be at risk.

Go Beyond the Limits of Corporate Hierarchy Design

Large company processes, culture and systems grew up slowly to support business operations within a predictable external climate.

Most organizations have formed hierarchical management structures and corporate cultures that primarily empower specialized individuals (monomaths) to thrive surrounded by well-defined corporate process.

But that’s not what we need to do right now - we need to very quickly cut through the complexity and re-design and adapt - and quickly. We don’t have the benefit of process to provide guidance right now.

Four Steps to Rapid Business Design

In order to survive and later thrive, business re-invention at a pace not previously seen needs to be performed. Leverage the power of the thought-styles in this four-step process for corporate reinvention. This process is an accelerated version of the enterprise innovation process described by Christine Kapp in the “Soft Factors Enabling Innovation” chapter in the Apple Academic Press Book - Ecosystems and Technology.

Hunker Down - Preserve Cash and Human Capital
- Use your FInancial Specialists and Line Managers to identify how to preserve cash and minimize cash outflow while preserving your human capital.
- Identify the generalists and strategists in your ranks that can help you think outside the box for immediate innovation. These may not be your line managers or current leaders
Evaluate Your Business Architecture - Identify Core Business lines and offerings
- Leverage your Best Creative Senior Leaders - they will not be specialists
- Leverage Your Polymaths for additional ‘out of the box’ thinking capacity
- Do not use your specialized line managers
Re-Design Your Business Architecture - Define the new key interactions with your customers, seasonality and offerings
- Continue to leverage Your Polymaths
- Continue to leverage your Best Creative Senior Leaders
- Have your specialized line managers assess and assist with defining operational gaps
The New Normal - Back to your regular process and your newly designed company
- Specialized Managers in their operational roles
- Find a way to keep your Polymaths engaged for continuous innovation.

Next Steps - Cosmic Teamwork

DataPsy previously identified some tips & techniques to help you find your generalists in “Recruiting: Finding the Elusive Polymath”. If you are not a generalist, the process may be difficult because of the “One-Way Mirror”. If you need help with your leader evaluation process, contact DataPsy here: We leverage a combination of assessment-based techniques and our innate talent to help you re-form your VUCA team for business innovation success.

DataPsy consultants are serial entrepreneurs that are adept at building businesses from the ground up, If your business is struggling to re-start in the current economy, consider learning about the power of Cosmic Teamwork. We will help you identify the polymaths in your people portfolio who will power your re-invention and re-design your business by leveraging the building blocks you already have in place. It's time to eliminate bureaucracy, extra process and re-create agility. The Cosmic Teamwork approach leverages human “thought-styles” as building blocks for corporation reinvention Call (407) 847-8861 for an assessment today!