Posts tagged Organizational Leadership
The Real System Running Your Org
The Real System Running Your Org

There's a second organization operating inside your first one. It doesn't appear on the org chart. It wasn't designed. It has no official authority. And yet it shapes which decisions actually stick, which ideas survive contact with the culture, and who really has power.

It’s a shadow system.

Every organization has one. It's the set of unwritten rules, informal networks, and unspoken agreements that run parallel to everything you've intentionally designed.

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Sana KhanOrganizational Leadership, Organizational Culture, Trust & Culture, Change ManagementComment
Beyond the Office: Rethinking Proximity in Modern Work
Beyond the Office: Rethinking Proximity in Modern Work

I keep having versions of the same conversation with leaders and managers.

Sometimes it’s a remote team that feels like onboarding has become impossible. Sometimes it’s a hybrid team that’s technically “back,” but still spending most of the day on video calls. Sometimes it’s a co-located team where everyone sits in the same building and still struggles to coordinate across functions, or understand what other people are actually doing.

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Sana KhanOrganizational Leadership, Hybrid Work, Trust & Culture, CollaborationComment