Design thinking can drive curiosity, collaboration across disciplines, and radical risk-taking—all to develop solutions that solve real-world problems. The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, ...

Reducing headcount is a sensitive topic. Nobody wants to do it, but sometimes business situations demand it. Perhaps a company has lost a significant customer and there is no sight of future work to ...

In the pandemic-influenced world of work, leadership teams will be challenged to discover not only the brand identity of their organization but also the brand identities of their employees and how ...

The track record for organizational redesigns in recent years has been mixed at best. More than a third of large organizations are involved in one or more transformation projects at any given time, ...

Strategy execution is commonly fraught with failure. Having worked with hundreds of organizations, we’ve observed one consistent misstep when leaders attempt to translate strategy into results: the ...

Though a company's top management must consider many issues when designing an organization's structure, they all relate to only a few design elements. Designers start with the most basic issue of a ...

To thrive in today’s rapidly changing, global, dynamic business environment characterized by constant change and disruption, organizations must be able to adapt and innovate to maintain their ...

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The terms "organization structure and design" and "organization architecture," while sounding similar, actually have very different meanings. The first term refers to structure in a metaphorical way ...

The CEO of a $350 million professional services firm recently reached out for consultation about his now-remote work force, which has become quite comfortable working from home. His employees are ...