Category: Contributed by Seth Allcorn

the entangled workplace has many dimensions that are a challenge to be aware of, understand and to respond to in constructive ways that minimize dysfunctions and optimize group performance.
November 14, 2023

The multiverse: Relational entanglements in organizations

Seth Allcorn’s recent paper (2023), The Intersubjective Entangled Multiverse, describes the “inevitable” relational entanglement in organizations.

The entangled multiverse of the workplace has many dimensions that are a challenge to be aware of, understand, and respond to in constructive ways. Meeting this challenge, while demanding, also represents a form of personal and organizational development that should not be passed up.

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October 24, 2023

Organizational zombies

In this post, Kris Cupp, Plant Manager for Beyond Meat in Columbia, Missouri shares with us how he approaches organization zombies in his own work. According to Cupp, “The Zombie approach has exceeded our expectations and has been a ‘game changer’ throughout our entire organization.”

Operating problems that never seem to die are not inevitable even in large complex organizations.  Solving them is much easier if everyone is recruited to help kill them off and, even better, spotting them as they creep into operations and avoiding a possible Zombie Apocalypse.

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September 26, 2023

Long time horizons – A hidden stressor?

Have your unfinished projects become an unacknowledged stressor in your life?

Senior level managers and executives often work on projects and change efforts that span many months, if not years. Even routine tasks such as designing new products, distribution channels, or work processes may have time horizons that stretch so far into the future those leading these efforts may not be able to see over the horizon to know or feel when completion is at hand.

There are no easy answers in terms of shortening time horizons, but being aware that long time horizons are a form of stress is important. One must acknowledge that promotions, transfers, and changes in employment deprive us of reaching a gratifying end to the creative and adventurous projects that we begin.

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