Breaking 3 Management Constraints with Digital TransformationA management constraint is anything that prevents the organization from achieving its goal. From a list of observable symptoms like stagnant productivity and dis-engagement of employees, cause-and effect is used to identify the underlying common cause, the core constraints, for all of the symptoms. In organizations, however, the core constraints keeps the organization trapped and/or distracted by contradicting performance requirements: management versus employees, short-term versus long-term, centralize versus decentralize, process versus results.Due to the negative effects caused by Core Constraints, it's common for organizations to create policies, measurements, and behaviors in attempts to treat those negative effects: often referred to as "Band-Aid fixes". By challenging the logical assumptions behind the Core Constraints the "Root Cause" can be identified. This is the starting point for the development of a complete solution.Dr. Paul GromballPG_124f598e-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eCEO, Technologie Management Gruppe Munich -- Management and Consulting Experience of more than 30 years in developing and implementing strategic, operational and organizational performance improvements at global enterprises and medium-sized businesses. Working expertise in a variety of management areas including, strategy, sales-and marketing, cost-reduction, supply chain management, sourcing, IT management, reorganization and M&A/ post merger integration. Focus on companies of the Process-Industry (pharmaceuticals, chemistry, steel), Assembly-Industry (automotive, automotive-supplier, engineering, electronics) Consumer Goods (food, clothing, household appliances) and Services (logistics, airlines)_124f5b50-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eTo enable organizations to achieve goals more rapidly and productively._124f5c40-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eDigital TransformationThe Digital Transformation based on new technology and agile leadership can "break" this three Constraints be using the proven "Enterprise Learning Platform" Approach. Corporate Managers leadership skills have to be developed to become a "Digital Master" for removing the existing key constraints.Enterprise LearningAgilityIt would much more productive in a world of accelerating change if we could organize people and resources on one Org-Level in response to "Jobs-to-be-done" if they arise. The ability to reorganize people and resources on the fly in response to "Jobs-to-be done" when we see them happening is the core of the Digital Transformation of Management.CooperationThe digital basis is the "Enterprise Learning Platform" for cooperation between the boxes.NetworksThe preferred Management Structure is the community network with an Community Integrator to build and manage the result-focused Network of complementary skills to get the Job done.GoalsDigital Cooperation takes into account the needs of others to achieve a common goal or create a joint output. OutputsInteractionValue-added Interactions leverage Digital Technologies like Microsoft SharePoint & Lync for the emergence of new Capabilities to handle the Complexity of the numerous, fast changing and contradicting Requirements.CapabilitiesBalanceBalancing Adjustment Costs, Contributions and Sharing are key success factors.SharingBenchmarkingBenchmarking of the two ways to organize shows that the Digital Platform Solution has remarkable advantages: working productivity is 25-30% higher, cycle time is 30-50% faster and more value is created.StructureDe-Aggregate from "Org-Charts" to "Job-to-be-done" platforms._124f5cb8-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eBreaking Constraint IOrganizationOrganize people and resources on one Org-Level in response to "Jobs-to-be-done" if they arise._124f5dc6-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eI.ANetworksBuild and manage result-focused networks of complementary skills to get jobs done._124f5e48-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eI.BProcessAllow users to create and consume value without aggregates of the Org-Chart._124f5ed4-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eBreaking Constraint IINetwork-Effects: From scalable Efficiency to scalable Learning -- Linear Processes have been around us for quite some time now. They've been the dominant model of business. Corporations create stuff, push them out and sell them to customers. Value is produced upstream and consumed downstream. There is a linear flow, much like water flowing through a pipe. We see linear processes/pips everywhere. Every consumer good that we use essentially comes to us via a pipe. All of manufacturing runs on a pipe model. Had the internet not come up, we would never have seen the importance of platform management models. Unlike linear processes, platform based networks do not just create and push stuff out. They allow users to create and consume value at the same "organization levels" without "aggregates" of the Org-Chart. This moves the organization from "scalable efficiency" to "scalable learning"._124f5f6a-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eSystemsConduct weekly reviews to determine whether what has been done is what should continue to be done to achieve the desired result._124f5fec-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4eBreaking Constraint IIIAgility: From up-front planning to agile adaptation of knowledge work -- It is tempting to plan everything up-front in great detail. All the work needed to be done on a project laid out for everyone to see -- but when detailed planes meet reality, the fall apart because of rigid predictability. They show each piece of the project work cascading down to the next-"like a Waterfall". The chats are called "Gantt charts" who became easy to create with the advent of the personal computer (e.g.MS-Project) for even the most complicated project. Transforming the working method to "Inspect and Adapt" by review weekly what we have done, and see if it is still what we should be doing to achieve the end result. This creates better and faster learning how the "Job-can-be-done"._124f6078-bc91-11e4-bd12-1dec57876c4e2015-02-222015-02-24http://learnmore.tmg-muenchen.de/blog/breaking-3-management-constraints-with-digital-transformation?utm_campaign=Cross Country Performance %E2%80%93 HS Recipes&utm_content=12415241&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedinOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net