finding a team
This morning I had the benefit of shooting an event for the City's Information Technology Branch. I had been curious about how the IT Branch is transforming itself with a new organizational structure and today I got to see a physical demonstration of the new 'matrix'. It's not as mysterious as it sounds.
Don't quote me on the exact structure of the new organizational matrix (I'll confirm tomorrow and correct my description), but the IT branch is moving away from the traditional hierarchy and reporting structure to one that better reflects the skills and interests of the Branch employees. There are various team leaders or coaches where people start, but then they branch off to support communities of interest, sometimes a few communities of interest.
This is where the physical demonstration of the matrix got interesting. Each individual was given a spool of coloured string. One end was held by the coach, the coach holding multiple ends from multiple individuals. Then, each individual went off to find the communities of interest that they supported. They would then give a section of that string to the leader at the community of interest and then go off to the next community of interest that they support.
finding a team
This morning I had the benefit of shooting an event for the City's Information Technology Branch. I had been curious about how the IT Branch is transforming itself with a new organizational structure and today I got to see a physical demonstration of the new 'matrix'. It's not as mysterious as it sounds.
Don't quote me on the exact structure of the new organizational matrix (I'll confirm tomorrow and correct my description), but the IT branch is moving away from the traditional hierarchy and reporting structure to one that better reflects the skills and interests of the Branch employees. There are various team leaders or coaches where people start, but then they branch off to support communities of interest, sometimes a few communities of interest.
This is where the physical demonstration of the matrix got interesting. Each individual was given a spool of coloured string. One end was held by the coach, the coach holding multiple ends from multiple individuals. Then, each individual went off to find the communities of interest that they supported. They would then give a section of that string to the leader at the community of interest and then go off to the next community of interest that they support.