Organic organizations naturally exhibit something mechanical organizations invest a lot of money, time and energy to achieve: organizational intelligence.
Most efforts to achieve this unavoidably fail. Why they fail deserves a longer piece, for now just briefly: they use the wrong tools and they miss some things. Tools, being mechanical processes themselves, are mostly wrong: we can’t expect a bureaucratic organization to become an innovation powerhouse by adding more processes to their arsenal.

What they’re missing are some organic elements that should be viewed as context for processes; in other words, processes should serve organic factors, instead of the other way around.

Let’s look at three operational principles that are common to both critical thinking and organic organizations:

Nothing unnecessary
Observe well what’s in front of you
Focus on what’s possible

It’s best for teams to reflect on these together.
For emphasis: these are not guidelines for prioritizing tasks, but operational principles. Operational principles are organic factors only if they are not turned into checklists.

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