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Positively disrupt or be

disrupted

More Change in 5 years than last 50

“We've got 21st century technology, speed & norms colliding head-onwith 20th and 19th century institutions, rules and cultures.”

– AMORY LOVINS

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Social network specialists have been saying for years, beneath the formal organizational chart of any company lie hidden webs of social interactions that we rarely talk about

~ Mark Buchanan

Financial Services Firm

Post Merger

“Freight-liner”

“Speed Boats”

Adaptive Space

Entrepreneurial Pockets

OperationalSystem

AdaptiveSpace

Adaptive Space ConnectionsDiscovery – interactions that trigger novel ideas, new insights, and learning that lead to adaptation

Development – local interactions within cohesive teams to facilitate idea elaboration and refinement

Diffusion – interactions to move concepts across the broader organization to enable scaling

Disruption – interactions to overcome the stiflingly effects of formal structure and enable network closure

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The smart and seamless way to connect with the people, places and moments that matter to you.

Network for Discovery…

Discovery Summits

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Crafting Discovery Connections

1. Facilitate discovery activities

2. Intentionally place brokers in position to discover

3. Build bridges across pockets

the Muckers

• Small and Nimble

• Single-purpose

• Highly decoupled

• Connected through APIs

Two Pizza Rule

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Crafting Development Connections

1. Cultivate pockets of experimentation

2. Protect the boundaries of development pockets

3. Foster social cohesion to drive agility

I try to make myself happy because I know that if I’m not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy ~ Crazy Jack Ma

Diffusion

Tuesday

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Crafting Diffusion Connections

1. Provide Space for Energizers to Engage

2. Leverage the reputation of an energizer to attract

others

3. Encourage Diffusion Beyond Local Pockets

Disruption

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Crafting Disruption Connections

1. Confront conventional thinking to reduce

locked-in to past successes

2. Encourage constructive dissent

3. Seed the network to break through social

bubbles and controls

THINK BIG • START SMALL • SCALE FAST

SUMMITs

TIPPINGFORWARD

SYNAPSE

CATALYSTCAMPs

CO:LABs

Scaling Agility Principles

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