tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618066295420401291.post2668453586966439138..comments2024-02-12T11:02:41.752+00:00Comments on An Independent Head: Accelerate XLR8 - John Kotter - Book ReviewMark S. Steedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14553896714267081021noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618066295420401291.post-14284848957906043472014-05-19T15:41:43.957+01:002014-05-19T15:41:43.957+01:00The idea of a dual operating systems is a good one...The idea of a dual operating systems is a good one but it is not new and it isn't easy. Thirty years ago I wrote an article in HBR about how our firm had changed: <br />http://www.davidkhurst.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Boxes-and-Bubbles-David-K-Hurst-pdf.pdf<br /><br />It changes the power relationships in the organization and that's very difficult to do without a significant crisis. It is also difficult to sustain as new regimes have a way of embedding themselves. So you are right about it being a difficult step.David Hursthttp://www.davidkhurst.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-618066295420401291.post-1389487574183445082014-04-30T07:55:13.920+01:002014-04-30T07:55:13.920+01:00Hi Mark, I always find your blog interesting - I s...Hi Mark, I always find your blog interesting - I shall have read. I have often thought the same. I think there is something in the fact that schools work with children that lends themselves to having such hierarchical structures but equally that there is something flawed in this approach. Take a look at Neflix and their management culture http://hbr.org/2014/01/how-netflix-reinvented-hr/ar/1Chris Rimmernoreply@blogger.com