#Organizational Theory
5 articles
Dynamic Re-teaming 2nd Edition - Effective Team Structuring with 5 Patterns
A review of Dynamic Reteaming, 2nd Edition. A book on five patterns for managing and leveraging changes in team composition. It categorizes real-world shifts such as adding one person at a time, splitting, and merging, and offers a view that treats change as an opportunity rather than disruption.
Guide for Engineering Executives: Technical Leadership to Drive Organizational Success
A review of a guide for engineering executives. A book on the mindset and practice of leading a technical organization as a VP of Engineering or CTO. It covers hiring, org design, technical strategy, and alignment with executives, centered on running the whole organization as a system.
Five Dialogues to Transform Organizations - Creating an Agile Organizational Culture Through Dialogue
A review of Five Dialogues to Transform Organizations. A book on five kinds of conversation needed to cultivate an agile culture. Presenting patterns around goals, constraints, progress, process, and learning, it fosters cultural change through dialogue rather than top-down mandates, toward teams that act autonomously.
The Penguin Who Became a Seagull
A review of Our Iceberg Is Melting. A fable of organizational change for learning how to solve problems and form teams in an environment that demands change. You experience Kotter's eight-step process for leading change through story, one for leaders and managers who drive change to keep in mind.
Team Topologies: Adaptive Organization Design for Delivering Valuable Software Quickly
A review of Team Topologies. A book that views organization design and architecture from a team-first perspective. Presenting four team types and interaction patterns, it prompts you to think about how to design communication between teams from the standpoint of building an adaptive organization.