{"id":2186,"date":"2019-07-12T18:52:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T16:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.druckerforum.org\/blog\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2023-11-01T15:16:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T14:16:54","slug":"call-the-doctor-diagnose-interferences-in-your-ecosystem-by-asking-the-right-questions-by-herb-nold-and-lukas-michel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.druckerforum.org\/blog\/call-the-doctor-diagnose-interferences-in-your-ecosystem-by-asking-the-right-questions-by-herb-nold-and-lukas-michel\/","title":{"rendered":"Call the doctor!!!…. diagnose interferences in your ecosystem by asking the \u201cright\u201d questions <\/br>By Herb Nold and Lukas Michel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Richard Straub in his starter article for this year\u2019s Global Peter Drucker Forum, What Management Needs to Become in an Era of Ecosystems <\/em>made some excellent observations.<\/p>\n

Straub correctly, in our view, suggested that the ecosystems are not new quoting numerous theorists whose ideas were shaped primarily during the last century. However, we suggest that organizational ecosystems have always existed and just given a name in the last 50 or so years.<\/p>\n

What has changed since the end of the last century is the speed at which conditions change primarily due to advancements in technology; the internet, AI, social media, and more. Traditional measures like profits, market share, ROI, stock price, etc. are outcomes from innovative ideas generated by people within the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

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This article is one in the \u201cshape the debate\u201d series relating to the 11th Global Peter Drucker Forum<\/a><\/span>, under the theme \u201cThe Power of Ecosystems\u201d taking place on November 21 & 22, 2019 in Vienna, Austria.
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Rapid response to change requires executives to first identify and understand the underlying conditions within the ecosystem that enable people, who power the ecosystem, to generate innovative ideas with desirable outcomes. Senior executives frequently say that \u201cpeople are our most valuable asset\u201d but how does the CEO know what is going on in the minds of people operating within the ecosystem? In order to avoid an expensive and aimless wandering from consultant to consultant CEOs should take a diagnostic approach to evaluating the ecosystem. Think of it as a doctor. We suspect, you would not have much confidence in the doctor\u2019s diagnosis if the doctor started prescribing pills before taking your blood pressure or listening to your heart, yet, this is exactly what business executives do when diagnosing the culture and people within the ecosystem.<\/p>\n

Over the past two decades we have observed that top tier companies have strong foundations in responsiveness, alignment, capabilities, motivation, and cleverness which we believe are the underlying people-centric conditions for success. The trick for executives in diagnosing interferences or viruses within the ecosystem is to ask the \u201cright\u201d questions\u2026. like a doctor. Here are some starter questions;<\/p>\n