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What are the design flaws in your organization?

Gary Hamel and The Management Lab explore improving performance by rethinking organizational structure.

MAY 2008

Source: Strategy Practice

What are the entrenched design flaws within organizations, and what are the solutions to overcome these problems? This was the question posed at a conference on management innovation, hosted by The Management Lab. In this video interactive, you can navigate through the insights of speakers such as Julian Birkinshaw, of the London Business School; John Mackey, of Whole Foods; and Gary Hamel, founder of The Management Lab.

What are the design flaws in your organization?

Gary Hamel and The Management Lab explore improving performance by rethinking organizational structure.

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