Ever notice that your workplace has patterns?
Of course you have – every organization does. In fact, understanding the “systems archetypes” of an organization — common and usually reoccurring patterns of behavior — can be a key to curing organizational dysfunction.
Each archetype has its own distinct storyline, and being able to change that storyline is a key leadership skill.
At the Rethinking Complexity blog, Saybrook Organizational Systems PhD student Jorge Taborga has gone over the research involving systems archetypes, listing some common types and explaining how to manage them — even plan for them.
It’s worth taking a look.