Organic Business Strategy
Organic Business Strategy
Human beings are one of the most successful organisms on planet earth. Similarly, privately owned enterprises have released unparalleled innovation and wealth creation since the industrial revolution. Could the structures, networks and processes within the human body contain lessons for managing more profitable and sustainable organizations? This book offers leadership
insights distilled from biological systems. I hope that it will inspire readers to align business assumptions, processes and goals with an organic perspective for healthier profits and sustainable value generation.
Michael graduated from Cambridge University and trained at the Financial Times. He qualified as a Chartered Financial Analyst and performed fund management roles with Swiss Re, UBS and Aberdeen Asset Management, successfully investing in global equity, debt and property markets. He has delivered investment consultancy and business projects across the United Kingdom and Middle East. He enjoys hiking in the English Lake District and has visited over 70 nations.
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Contents
Introduction – Organic Business Strategy
Chapter 1 – Organic Business Models: The Lungs
Chapter 2 – Organic Finance: The Cardiovascular System
Chapter 3 – Organic Operational Management: The Endocrine System
Chapter 4 – Organic Strategic Leadership: The Nervous System
Chapter 5 – Organic Teams: The Muscular System
Chapter 6 – Organic Relationships: The Skeletal System
Chapter 7 – Organic Management Skills: The Liver
Chapter 8 – Organic Marketing: The Integumentary System
Chapter 9 – Organic Sales: The Digestive System
Chapter 10– Organic Human Resources: The Immune System
Chapter 11 – Organic Team Building: Cellular Systems
Chapter 12 – Organic Cultural DNA
Chapter 13 – Organic Innovation
The complexity of the largest multi-national corporation is easily overshadowed by the body's network of 11 major biological systems, including 79 organs and a vast array of over 37 trillion cells - equivalent to the stars of over 100 galaxies like the Milky Way.
The apparently simple act of sitting down to think about this involves an unimaginable number of interactions, processes and collaborations. From the fertilized egg to the final heartbeat, the human body is an amazing team of teams, with something to inspire leaders of every type and scale of organization.
This book applies insights from our biological systems to enhance the sustainability of business operations. Many business leaders practice the art of keeping operations as simple as possible. So, let's start with water, the foundation of all known life. What if we think of water as representing the people employed by an enterprise?
