S9-Ep9: Is Your Organization Designed for the Future?

Guests: Mark Palmer & Eddie Moore Forget about future ready; you’re not ready for now!   Most leaders operate at a disadvantage: they don’t have a formal blueprint of their organization. Yet organizational design is vital if you want to be ready for whatever the future brings to your business. From your supply chain to internal communications, organizational design is far, far more than an org chart. In this episode, guests Eddie Moore and Mark Palmer explain how absolutely vital design is in making your business future-ready! Here's what Mark, Eddie, and Maureen cover: What organizational design really is; How succession planning is built in to the very fabric of design; and The many ways org design future-proofs your team.   Other episodes you'll enjoy: - The Essentials of Theory U with Otto Scharmer - Hiring in the Great Resignation: Developing Your Culture, Communications, and Pipeline in a Crisis with Michelle Sanchez-Bickley - Leading with Care and Purpose with Raj Sisodia & Sudhanshu Palsule   For daily wisdom from our guests, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn. We’re on Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon and Twitter, too! RESOURCES:   You can learn more about Eddie and Mark at their respective websites: http://emooreconsulting.com and https://www.hire-direction.info or https://www.jobfitcalculator.com, respectively.   Our host, Maureen Metcalf, posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here.  She’s also written several award-winning books on leadership development. You can peruse and purchase them here.  Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include: Hello, I Must Be Going: The Mostly True Story of an Imaginary Band by David Meyers This Here Flesh by Cole Arthur Riley Adventureman by Matt Fraction and Terry & Rachel Dodson   -----------------------   OUR PODCAST TEAM:   Host & Executive Producer: Maureen Metcalf Editor & Producer: Dan Mushalko Video & Graphics Editor: Devon Mushalko Better Podcasters by Design: Luigi Morelli, Jenna Reik, & Connor Carson CONNECT WITH US:  Facebook: facebook.com/Innovativeleadership  YouTube: @InnovatingLeadership  Twitter: @IL_Institute  Mastodon: @InnoLeader  LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ILI-LinkedIn2  Instagram: @innovativeleader  Website: InnovativeLeadershipInstitute.com  Loved this episode? Leave us a review and rating!  -----------------------   About Our Guests:   Mark Palmer is a thought leader, author, consultant, and entrepreneur specializing in organization change management, leadership development, strategic performance, and workforce solutions innovation. He is a co-founder and managing partner for Hire Direction, a data-driven organization solutions consultancy and 2022 recipient of Forbes America’s Best Management Consulting Firms.   Mark was co-founder and Chief Product Officer for LaborGenome, and lead innovator for talent alignment modeling technologies. He is co-creator of the Position Success Indicator (PSI) and DEV:Q (Development Quotient) organizational performance metrics. Mark is also an advisor and consultant with the Innovative Leadership Institute (ILI), focusing on leadership coaching, team building, and organizational effectiveness. He was a founding member and facilitator for Integral Institute, an international think-tank created to combine progressive organizational research with practical applications in both the public and private sector.   Mark has over 25 years of experience working with clients to optimize strategic alignment, team effectiveness, and organization systems.     Edmund (Eddie) Moore is a seasoned professional with over 24 years of experience working in and consulting to Fortune 100 and 500 companies in a wide range of industries and in diverse roles. Eddie brings a unique mix of creative energy, intelligence, and pragmatism to solve your leadership challenges.  His approach to strategic planning, organization design and change management are based on over 20 years o