{"id":1832,"date":"2022-10-13T09:37:40","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2022-10-13T09:51:43","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T09:51:43","slug":"is-experimentation-the-key-becoming-a-more-human-centric-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/10\/13\/is-experimentation-the-key-becoming-a-more-human-centric-organisation\/","title":{"rendered":"Is experimentation the key becoming a more human-centric Organisation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1832\" class=\"elementor elementor-1832\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3a96dd15 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3a96dd15\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7563ce73\" data-id=\"7563ce73\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-412a8e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"412a8e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-con{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));--align-self:var(--container-widget-align-self,initial);--flex-shrink:0}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container{height:100%;width:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty{position:relative;min-height:22px;min-width:22px}.e-con-inner>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon,.e-con>.elementor-widget-spacer.elementor-widget-empty .elementor-widget-empty-icon{position:absolute;top:0;bottom:0;left:0;right:0;margin:auto;padding:0;width:22px;height:22px}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-038d184 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"038d184\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d38d1ba\" data-id=\"d38d1ba\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5d3c62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d5d3c62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is experimentation the key becoming a more human-centric Organisation?<\/h1>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b2ee3ed elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-raven-post-meta\" data-id=\"b2ee3ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"raven-post-meta.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"raven-inline-items raven-icon-list-items raven-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"raven-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-1ffcf6d raven-inline-item\" itemprop=\"author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/index.php\/author\/ben\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-user-circle\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-icon-list-text raven-post-meta-item raven-post-meta-item-type-author\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"raven-post-meta-item-prefix\">Author:<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBen\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcfaf87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-featured-image elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dcfaf87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-featured-image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1834\" alt=\"Experiment your way to a more human-centric culture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/hans-reniers-lQGJCMY5qcM-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo by Hans Reniers on Unsplash<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-03e8d95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"03e8d95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b89baa5\" data-id=\"b89baa5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3089417 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3089417\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 08-05-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve been reflecting on a day spent with the wonderful people at <a href=\"https:\/\/mayden.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayden<\/a> recently. For those that don\u2019t know them, Mayden are a <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-rebels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Corporate Rebels<\/a> bucket list organisation who have flattened their hierarchy and embraced agile across all their activities. Needless to time spent with them is always thought provoking.<\/p><h2>Are there only two types of Organisation?<\/h2><p>Sweeping generalisation alert: I wonder if there are only two types of organisations.\u00a0 Those that have recognised the folly and toxicity of the command and control approach to management and rejected it, and those that haven\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p><p>Now here\u2019s the thing.\u00a0 Most leaders of most organisations would feel that their approach to management was not \u201ccommand and control.\u201d yet it is only a tiny minority of organisations who are, genuinely, committed to a path where the tacit assumptions that underpin command and control are entirely absent.\u00a0 Indeed, many accepted <strong><em>best practices<\/em><\/strong> are built on one or more of those assumptions.<\/p><p>Another way of framing it is to consider which of the following open questions better describes your organisations\u2019 approach to people:\u00a0<\/p><ol><li><em>How do we create the conditions where people find great intrinsic reward in giving the best of their whole self at work?<\/em> or<\/li><li><em>What are the best levers, carrots, sticks, perks and coercions that we have to give us the best return on our salary bill? <\/em><\/li><\/ol><p>These two questions set you on very different paths, so is there any middle ground?\u00a0 A question I\u2019ll return to.<\/p><h2>The convergent evolution of progressive organisations<\/h2><p>Bill Gore set up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/aee67fe0-ac63-11e9-b3e2-4fdf846f48f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">W.L Gore<\/a> to create an organisation entirely free of bureaucracy. Jos de Blok set-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=61TT2_Vo32Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buurtzorg<\/a> to reconnect nurses with the job that they loved and to give their patients the best, personalised care. Chris May developed Mayden with a desire to do something better for its people than follow the herd with conventional management.\u00a0 Although very different in size, sector, era and geography there are spooky similarities in the norms and everyday practices you would find in all three organisations.\u00a0\u00a0 And I guess we shouldn\u2019t be surprised; if you set-out to create your organisations to fundamentally \u201cwork with the grain\u201d of humans; our psychology, sociology, and anthropology we will, by iteration and emergence, arrive in a similar place.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b39bbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b39bbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>If we set out now to invent the norms and mechanisms of our organisations based on what we know about humans and human performance, what we\u2019d come up with would bear no relation to what we see in most organisations today.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e88c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96e88c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>But many of us are not starting our organisation from scratch<\/h2><p>Bill, Jos and Chris all bore the scare tissue of experiencing command and control management and that galvanised them to create something different.\u00a0 Those different \u201csomethings\u201d were all built on very different and better informed assumptions about people.\u00a0 Most of us are not in that situation.\u00a0 The organisations that most of us lead are work in progress, not a blank sheet of paper.\u00a0 Many of us feel that we have inherited a situation which is not of our design, very likely there are bits about it that we don\u2019t like and perceive those bits to be hard to change.<\/p><h2>In reality we are all on a journey<\/h2><p>No start-up has ever scaled and flourished into an organisation and got everything right first time.\u00a0 Snags, glitches, wrong calls and failures are inevitable and essential to finding the right path for your unique situation.\u00a0 Even the poster child progressive organisations have had these set-backs along the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-rebels.com\/rebellious-practices-fuck-up-nights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they are quite open about them<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p>This is perhaps where we find the middle ground, every organisation will have its own level of comfort or discomfort with the conventional approaches to management.\u00a0 The more discomfort there is, the more rapid the evolution will be.<\/p><h2>What determines how quickly your organisation will evolve?<\/h2><p>So, assuming you ascribe more to Q1 (<em>How do we create the conditions where people find great intrinsic reward in giving the best of their whole self at work?) <\/em>than Q2, how do we get started and how quickly can we progress?\u00a0 Here I\u2019m reminded of something that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mheffernan.com\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Margaret Heffernan<\/a> said when speaking with Lisa Gill on her excellent <a href=\"https:\/\/leadermorphosis.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Leadermorphosis podcast<\/a>.<\/p><p><em>\u201c\u2026do not think you can think your way to the answer. You can&#8217;t, it&#8217;s impossible. You have to do something different and see how the system responds. From that you&#8217;ve learned something that you can build on. But absolutely, none of us can solve these real world problems in our heads. It&#8217;s not physics, it&#8217;s not math. It&#8217;s human beings working together. And the way people learn to work together, is by working together<\/em><em>.\u201d<\/em><\/p><h2>Is experimentation the difference that makes the difference?<\/h2><p>The practice of experimentation is the key. Experimentation is largely absent in command and control organisations, and woven into just about everyone\u2019s roles in progressive organisations. Based on our research into change-enabled organisations, experimentation is the \u201chow\u201d that applies to the majority of the 26 areas of practice that our research identified. <br \/>Experimentation is also, in and of itself, a practice that helps people find great intrinsic reward and creates opportunities for them to give the best of their whole self at work. It is also the engine-room of ever-improving ways of working. So, both the process and the output are accelerants to the evolution.<\/p><h2>Two types of organisation?<\/h2><p>Absolutely not. Some are more command and control than others, some more human-centric. But if you are committed to a journey from the former to the later, giving people the time, the safe climate, and the autonomy to develop their own safe-to-try experiments will really help build momentum. What\u2019s stopping you from experimenting with it?<\/p><h2>Afterword<\/h2><p>The Vitality Index (VI) engenders the habit of experimentation in every team in the organisation. Based on our research, The VI is able to identify the three (out of 26) areas of practice that, if changed will be most beneficial to that specific team at the current moment in time. These insights, in combination with some independent facilitation from us and some inspiration from the Vitality playbook get the teams started on their journey towards ever-better ways of working. 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