organizational design

It’s easy enough to embrace the idea of customer obsession. Yet putting it into practice may require radically changing deeply rooted processes and longstanding silos. Find advice for transforming your organizational design, and learn the steep paybacks for doing so.

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Leading Through Tech Workforce Changes

Fiona Mark April 16, 2025
Many organizations, especially federal agencies, are facing unprecedented upheaval as they implement large-scale workforce reductions.
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Reorganizing Your Frontline Marketing Teams Without Clear Purpose Is Marketing Malfeasance

Naomi Marr March 4, 2025
This blog dives into the pitfalls of team reorganizations without a core purpose. Learn how to identify root causes and ensure that your reorganization efforts hit the mark.
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Reorg Ready: How Leaders Can Communicate Through Organizational Transformations

Rani Salehi March 4, 2025
Learn how B2B leaders can mitigate the risks inherent in reorganizations and foster a sense of stability and confidence.
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Drive Scale And Speed With The Platform Org Model

Manuel Geitz February 25, 2025
Ever felt like your organization is a maze of disconnected teams, each working in their own bubble? You’re not alone. Many companies have tried to increase delivery speed with small, agile teams but often ended up with a bunch of siloed squads instead of a cohesive unit. Enter the platform org structure — an increasingly popular option to break down silos and deliver scale.
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Empathy And Removing The Sludge Will Create A Healthier Workplace For Clinicians

Shannon Germain Farraher December 11, 2024
At the ICD Media Group’s Healthcare Burnout Symposium, healthcare thought leaders dove into the origins of and continuing reasons for clinician burnout. Read this blog to learn three key issues to consider in confronting clinician burnout at your organization.
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Lead A High-Performing Digital Team

Dan Bieler October 23, 2024
Digital teams are primarily tasked with designing, delivering, and managing digital products or services, launching digital innovations, and developing the digital roadmap.
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Cross-Functional Org Models Boost Innovation And Operational Efficiency

Dan Bieler September 13, 2024
Cross-functional org models can have a big impact on your digital transformation. Learn how to determine which cross-functional org models are best suited to your business objectives.
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Teamwork Lessons From Config 2024

AJ Joplin July 11, 2024
Read on to learn how Figma is approaching rapid growth, organization, partnership, craftsmanship, and collaboration.
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Digital Business Strategy Service Providers Must Evolve To Deliver Value

Dan Bieler July 9, 2024
Value creation should be at the center of each criterion for selecting digital service providers.
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Can Platform Teams Improve Shared Services?

Julie Mohr February 27, 2024
Business and technology leaders are moving away from shared services due to their association with delays, inflexibility, and bureaucracy. These negative perceptions have led organizations to seek alternatives to meet their agile and digital team requirements.
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Winning At Digital: Building A Purposeful Digital Marketing Team

Rani Salehi January 4, 2024
Learn how to communicate the capabilities and competencies needed to deliver compelling digital customer experiences and advance your business strategy.
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CX Transformation Is Tough — Equip Your Org To Go The Distance

Su Doyle December 27, 2023
Danger! Obstacles Ahead! Customer experience (CX) has been a professional competency for two decades, and “Prove CX ROI” is still our CX clients’ top priority! Forrester’s data shows that 86% of CX professionals are building (or rebuilding) their business cases. Regardless of how much distance you have covered on your transformation journey, how many projects […]
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Skills Management Can Make Or Break Your Emerging Tech Plans

Dan Bieler December 18, 2023
Our new report How To Tackle Your Emerging Tech Skill Gaps introduces two frameworks that help business leaders address emerging skill needs.
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Embarking On New Research: From Technical Architects To MTO, Platforms, EAM, And Technical Debt

Alvin Nguyen October 26, 2023
I am happy to announce that I have completed my series of reports about the technical architect, including the expectations for this role, how to help technical architects succeed, and the trends that impact them: Evolve Your Technical Architects For Modern IT First 90 Days: Technical Architect Role Profile: Technical Architect Although the initial research […]
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Five Innovative Organizational Concepts Can Help Tech Execs Become Future Fit By Design

Gordon Barnett April 17, 2023
Changing business landscapes have prompted IT organizations to explore creative and innovative ways of structuring their business and operating models. Five key organizational concepts have emerged as particularly promising approaches: fractal organization, distributed autonomous organization, ecosystem organization, boundaryless organization, and adaptive organization.
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Advance Digital Marketing Capabilities And Competencies To Achieve New Outcomes

Rani Salehi March 28, 2023
Learn how to communicate the capabilities and competencies needed to deliver compelling digital customer experiences and advance your business strategy.
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Reconfiguring Reporting Lines Is No Quick Fix: Insights From Our B2B Marketing Predictions Webinar

Amy Hawthorne March 20, 2023
Our recent B2B marketing Predictions webinar explored how some organizations will try to strengthen marketing-sales alignment. Learn how that could fall short — and what the better alternatives are.
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Five Reasons Why CISOs Should Report To CEOs

Jeff Pollard February 21, 2023
Cybersecurity problems won’t disappear, but CISOs who are elevated in the organization run better cybersecurity programs.
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The Three Essentials To Optimizing B2B Marketing Orchestration

Bob McKinnon January 6, 2023
When it comes to getting the best out of a marketing organization, what you do and how you do it are equally important. Discover three keys to optimizing marketing processes and workflows.
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Three Steps To Build B2B Digital Marketing Capabilities

Rani Salehi December 14, 2022
For B2B marketing leaders looking to achieve digital transformation, it’s important to know what your specific aims are and break down the endeavor into smaller, defined steps.
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