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Org Design for Agility: Guardrails, Flexible Funding, and Building for Adaptability

Kate Megaw Season 1 Episode 171

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Most organizations don't need more frameworks: they need fewer constraints.

This episode continues the deep dive into the Manifesto for Enterprise Agility, this week tackling the three principles of organizational design.  From guardrails vs. gatekeepers to funding teams over projects, we unpack why the way most organizations are structured is quietly killing their agility.

In this episode, we discuss:

  • Why empowering teams starts with replacing gatekeepers with guardrails
  • The case for funding outcomes and value streams, not projects
  • Why efficiency is the enemy of adaptability and what to focus on instead
  • Delegation Poker and other practical tools for shifting decision-making culture
  • Why your org design will stop your agility before your methodology ever will