6 Creating Flow-Based Organizations
“Change-making happens when people fall in love with a different version of the future.”
—Seth Godin
Aflow-based organization is one that recognizes that its people are the key to its success. Leadership operates in flow, while facilitating flow for every individual in the organization. It is not necessarily a nirvana with little or no conflict. However, it is an organization that manages its conflict well, while honoring all points of view and the diversity that enables creativity and innovation. Communication is open, and people listen to one another with respect in order to facilitate dialogue. All ideas matter, even if not all can be implemented.
Building an enterprise architecture to support this requires careful, mindful design across all functional, operational, and support areas of the organization. Being such a leader and enterprise architect requires self-knowledge coupled with a selfless, compassionate. and...