Data-Driven Organization Design

You've certainly heard the term 'digital transformation'. Yet being more 'digital' or collecting more data won't get you very far if there aren't methods and tools to better inform the management process. Data Driven Organization Design 2nd Edition renews its focus on the most important asset of any organization: its people. It covers everything you need to easily master the concepts, leverage the data, communicate effectively, and successfully make the positive changes necessary to adopt a data-driven organization design.

As technology continues to automate work and radically change business models, organization design has become one of the biggest issues on the minds of CEOs. Rupert's book Data-Driven Organization Design is a comprehensive bible on this important topic, and I recommend it for all HR and business leaders.

We live in a constantly changing world. The pace of change is just going to increase and is now a constant that we all need to live and work with. To be successful in this environment, businesses need to be able to adapt their own operating model, organization design and people strategy not only to respond to these changes, but to pre-empt them. Key to being able to do this is having access to live data that can help inform the changes that could be made, quickly identify the business benefit of doing so and equally the implications of not doing them. An organization then needs the tools and the culture to make the required changes at pace, taking into consideration the people impact. This book is a must-read for those looking to enhance their business (and people) performance.

Anyone leading or planning to lead a large business, or who has led a large business in the past does eventually learn how vital to an organization it is to have clear strategy, role design and accountabilities. Rupert connects theory and practice in an accessible way. He has a unique perspective having been a student of the theory, and crucially, having lived through the practice. More important than culture, strategy, finance or marketing, is the way in which senior management in a business structure, plan, organize and effectively manage their most valuable asset, their colleagues.

Ever wondered about how to approach designing an organization to get the right people in the right place with the right skills doing the right work in the right way? If so then this richly informative book is for you. With high energy, infectious enthusiasm and vast knowledge, Rupert Morrison shows how good data, thoughtful analysis of it, and careful implementation of the insights it yields, provide the bedrock for design success.