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Brave New Work by Aaron Dignan — WisdomDeck honest review
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Brave New Work

by Aaron Dignan

The operating system canvas (purpose, authority, structure, strategy, resources, innovation, workflow, meetings, information, membership, mastery, compensation) and how to change it through continuous participatory change. Practical where Laloux is inspirational.

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you want tools to redesign how your team works.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. People positive and complexity conscious.
  2. Change the system, not the people.
  3. Start with tensions.

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Run the OS canvas with your team and pick one tension to fix.

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The OS canvas.

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