The Nature of Business Transformation

A Swarm Intelligent Approach to Reinventing Organisations
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-10496-6
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

This book is a practical guide for business professionals to develop and improve business intelligence and collective decision-making within their organisation. It proposes a progressive reconfiguration of the traditional business operating system using a nature-inspired framework called swarm facilitation that enables and facilitates collective decision-making.

Organisations have followed the same rigid formula of problem-solving and decision-making for over 100 years. It is dominated by centralised governance and pyramid decision-making. Such an approach is no longer fit for purpose in an environment of employee disengagement, artificial intelligence (AI)/superintelligence, and Covid-19 fallout. By the end of this book, readers will be able to:

- solve organisational problems and challenges collectively using swarm intelligence

- upgrade and future-proof business operating systems to reflect a more collective decision-making approach fit for the new connected economy and Industry 4.0

- embrace mindset quotients that support people working in a more networked, self-organising, and collective environment

The book is important reading for leaders and managers who are focused on building organisational capital and engagement and gaining value from the emerging technology by evolving their business operating system into a digital ecosystem as part of an ongoing digital transformation strategy. It will also appeal to experts working in the field of organisational change and development, both within the organisation and as consultants.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kelly, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmenskultur, Corporate Governance
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Strategisches Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Organisationstheorie, Organisationssoziologie, Organisationspsychologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensorganisation & Entwicklungsstrategien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Small Steps and Giant Leaps Part 1: Theory 1. Business Transformation: From the Old Boss to the New BOS 2. How Honeybees Can Help Us Reinvent Organisations 3. Human Waggle Dancing in the Age of Intelligence Amplification Part 2: Application 4. Swarm Transformation: Three Levers That Enable the Business to Swarm 5. Swarm 1.0: Developing a Local Human Swarm Strategy 6. Swarm 2.0: Developing an Augmented Workplace Swarm Strategy 7. Swarm 3.0. Towards a Business Superorganism; Conclusion: Swarm Transformation at a Glance

Über Autor(innen)

Richard Kelly is a London-based author, keynote speaker, columnist, and leadership and organisational development specialist. He has enjoyed an international career that has spanned 25 years working in the private and public sectors in various senior leadership roles. For the last 15 years, Richard has worked as an independent consultant and entrepreneur based in Europe and South America. Currently, he is the director of a niche UK-based leadership and organisational development consulting company, Swarm Business Solutions, that works with inspirational leaders to support the digital, structural, and behavioural transformation of organisations using the swarm transformation approach outlined in The Nature of Business Transformation.