{"id":2161,"date":"2023-09-18T17:07:50","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/?p=2161"},"modified":"2025-11-19T10:45:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T10:45:17","slug":"in-organisations-the-map-is-not-the-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/index.php\/2023\/09\/18\/in-organisations-the-map-is-not-the-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"In organisations, the map is not the territory."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2161\" class=\"elementor elementor-2161\">\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\">In organisations, the map is not the territory.<\/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=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-2175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1.jpg 960w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/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-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<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><b>Gaining visibility of the informal networks in your organisation may hold the key to unleashing your people&#8217;s full collective potential&#8230;<\/b><\/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-809c200 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"809c200\" 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<div style=\"width: 1440px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2161-1\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Graphic-for-LinkedIn-Post-v0.1.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Graphic-for-LinkedIn-Post-v0.1.mp4\">http:\/\/vitalorg.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Graphic-for-LinkedIn-Post-v0.1.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><p>\u00a0<\/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<p>Over the decades, around the world and across all sectors one reoccurring theme we observe is that organisations are brimming with untapped intellect, energy and creativity.\u00a0 What eludes many of those organisations however is how to unlock it.\u00a0\u00a0 At a time when we need every player on the pitch; a team of teams playing their &#8220;A game&#8221;, cracking this challenge has never been more important.<\/p><h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Truths, lies and artefacts<\/span><\/h1><p>In the vast majority of businesses, formal organisational structures distribute power \u2013 to make decisions about people, other resources, strategies and tactics. Every employee has their defined position.<\/p><p>Processes distribute activities \u2013 who does what, when and in what sequence.\u00a0 Via what sort of handovers.\u00a0 Everyone has their job to do together with the limits to their discretion.<\/p><p>So, everyone knows their place, what they are expected to do and how to do it.\u00a0 Great.\u00a0 Except that it isn\u2019t that great, for a couple of reasons:<\/p><ul><li>The org-chart, the procedure manual and employee handbook are <strong>artefacts<\/strong>. The reality of how problems get solved, value gets created and innovation emerges is very different.<\/li><li>Whilst having clarity of your responsibilities, how to do stuff, who reports to you and who you report to is helpful, it comes with a downside; constraining people\u2019s agency and often making us feel like an interchangeable cog in a machine.<\/li><\/ul><blockquote><p><strong><em>Fundamentally, this problem arises because the artefacts are designed based on the assumption that the organisation is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">complicated<\/span>, i.e., predictable, whereas, in reality the organisation, like any social system is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">complex<\/span> and adaptive i.e. unpredictable and constantly evolving.<\/em><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p>This miss-match leaves managers unwittingly disconnected, and the people in the organisation often feeling constrained and frustrated, especially when they see opportunities to improve stuff beyond those constraints.\u00a0<\/p><p>So, on the one hand we have the managers, who design, document, police, and update the artefacts (structures and processes) which gives them the warm feeling, but also a false impression of control.\u00a0 And on the other we have the reality; people collaborating, exploiting opportunities, improving stuff and fixing problems, but being uncomfortable as they have to break the rules to do so.\u00a0 \u00a0There must be a better way\u2026<\/p><h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Beyond the Org-chart, informal networks.<\/span><\/h1><p>Intuitively, most of us, for much of our lives, have known that the good stuff happens by way of strong human connection and trusting and supportive relationships between people.\u00a0 Maybe we don\u2019t talk about it much explicitly, and we don\u2019t have the vocabulary to describe the intricacies and nuances very well. We\u2019d like to change that.\u00a0 What we are talking about are informal organisational networks. \u00a0<\/p><p>Informal networks are not the creation of managers, or anyone else for that matter. They are emergent and self-organising relationships, and are all about getting value to customers, solving problems and sharing information and other resources to get things done.\u00a0 Moreover, they are hidden from the view of management and they are transient.\u00a0 People join, leave and join other informal networks.\u00a0 Individuals may be members of several informal networks \u2013 for the time being at least.\u00a0 Critically, informal networks distribute influence, with informal networks generating more collective influence for people within them, albeit at the temporary loss of some individual influence on the way.\u00a0 Informal networks are about sharing and collaborating, are high on diversity and strongly focused on achievement of improvement goals.<\/p><p>All of this means that informal networks cannot be controlled by managers any more than they can be created by managers.\u00a0 Does that mean that managers are helpless in respect of informal networks?\u00a0 Answer NO.\u00a0 Once they understand that their role is one of enabling and facilitating, they can create the conditions in which informal networks can work more effectively, frequently by the provision of more and better information.\u00a0 Their next role is to get out of the way and give the informal networks the space to do their job, and to be on hand to help.\u00a0 Think of it as a shift from <strong><em>\u201cthis is what you should do\u201d<\/em><\/strong> to <strong><em>\u201cwhat do you need?\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p><h1><span style=\"color: #003366;\">Magus Networker<sup>\u00a9<\/sup>; making the invisible visible.<\/span><\/h1><p>The next challenge for managers is a tricky one, how do they know how, when, with whom and on what subjects they should offer this precious facilitation and support?\u00a0 Not straightforward given the invisible, transient and intangible nature of informal networks.\u00a0 Magus Networker<sup>\u00a9<\/sup> depicts the reality of these networks, way beyond who works with who.\u00a0 The package is able to present the network of relationships around specifics, e.g. value creation, knowledge flows, as well as specific topics e.g. market trends, new technology. Over a period of decades Magus Networker<sup>\u00a9<\/sup> has been the key to unlocking all sorts of hitherto intractable problems in organisations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>If you are facing challenges that have not responded to conventional interventions or you simply want to see a more general step-change in the collective brilliance of your teams,then Magus Networker<sup>\u00a9<\/sup> might just be the breakthrough that you need.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p><p>Whatever else is true, life gets a whole lot easier when you are working with the territory and not an unrepresentative map.<\/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-8fe5e52 elementor-post-navigation-borders-yes elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-navigation\" data-id=\"8fe5e52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-navigation.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" 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