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#158 Aaron Dignan: Change The Way You Work

2023/2/7
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创始人和CEO，专注于网络安全、投资和知识分享。
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Aaron Dignan：大型公司并非一个整体，而是由许多小型、相对独立的团队组成。传统的等级制度和官僚流程源于工厂时代，已不再适应现代工作需求。组织应该从混乱走向自组织，而不是走向官僚主义。通过建立反馈循环、重新定义失败、关注持续提升能力，以及采用基于原则而非程序的工作方式，可以创造一个更安全、更具创新性的工作环境。他还强调了短期主义投资对组织可持续发展的负面影响，以及长期视野的重要性。他提出了‘标准’与‘默认值’的概念，建议组织在遵循标准的同时，允许团队在默认值范围内进行实验和创新。他还介绍了Shuhari模型，解释了从遵循规则到打破规则再到创造新规则的学习过程。他认为，组织应该以原则为导向，而不是以程序为导向，这样才能允许变通，并促进创新。他还讨论了透明度的重要性，以及如何克服人们在感到受到威胁时停止分享信息的倾向。他建议组织学习自然界中复杂适应系统的组织方式，例如蚂蚁、蜜蜂和鱼群，以更好地组织工作。他还强调了心理安全的重要性，以及如何通过重新定义失败和关注持续提升能力来创造一个更安全的组织环境，从而鼓励人们承担风险。最后，他还讨论了个人在组织中如何发挥作用，以及如何通过改变自身行为和与他人沟通来推动组织变革。 Shane Parrish：他与Aaron Dignan讨论了组织如何迷失方向，以及如何通过改变工作方式来提高效率和员工满意度。他提出了许多有见地的观点，例如官僚主义的危害、反馈循环的重要性、以及短期主义投资对组织可持续发展的负面影响。他还与Aaron Dignan探讨了如何平衡长期视野和短期目标，以及如何利用原则和默认值来指导组织决策。

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Aaron Dignan discusses the possibility of changing company operations without being the CEO, highlighting the perils of stagnant bureaucracy and the hurdles to doing our best work.

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What if you could change the way your company operates, even if you’re not the CEO? Aaron Dignan believes it’s possible, and in this episode he’s offering a wealth of insights into how organizations are run, the perils of stagnant bureaucracy, and all the various hurdles keeping us from doing our best work.

As the founder of The Ready) - a global organizational transformation and coaching practice - Dignan helps companies large and small adopt new forms of self-organization and dynamic teaming. He’s worked with clients such as American Express, Microsoft, Citibank, Hyatt, Johnson & Johnson, Airbnb, and Sweetgreen. He’s also an active angel investor who helps build partnerships between the startups and end-ups he advises. Dignan is also the author of Brave New Work, co-host of the Brave New Work) podcast and founder of Murmur). 

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