The Busting Bureaucracy Hackathon

Phase 3: Ideas for Busting Bureaucracy (Part 1)

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Create meritocracies where influence is based on contribution not credentials

Most organizations are ruled by a simple formula: position and tenure = power. And most people understand that true leadership is not a function of where you sit, but what you can do. It’s time to fundamentally rethink and redistribute the work of leadership in order to maximize the ratio of accomplishment over authority.

In the post-bureaucratic organization, leaders are defined not by title or tenure, but by:

  • how effectively they contribute to the mission
  • how much value they create for the organization

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Ping - till- Perfect

When I see the categories defined as the needed ‘post-bureaucratic hacks’ , I can’t help to see it’s all about people and how people interact together, or better hacking the flaws in that context and about reaching goals, or better not reaching them as efficient or effective as we should.
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By Jimmy Van de Putte on July 7, 2021
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Ping - till- Perfect
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Consider the work of the Organization Management Group.

Consider the work of the Organization Management Group. As stated at http://www.omg.org/gettingstarted/gettingstartedindex.htm "The Object Management Group (OMG®) is an international, open membership, not-for-profit technology standards consortium. Founded in 1989, OMG standards are driven by vendors, end-users, academic institutions and government agencies. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for...

By Graham Douglas on June 18, 2022
efficiency and effectiveness
accountability
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Power is taken not given so trust among all must first be established.

Power is taken not given so trust must first be established among all in an organisation with a federated structure of small units.

By Graham Douglas on June 11, 2022
autonomy & trust
Common basis for communication
small units
Federated Structure
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Allow all employees to post solutions publicly, for the entire organization to see and apply (with out regard for rank or titles)

Allow ideas to be posted for all, and those most applicable to rise to the top, like sweet cream in the corporate milk. Rate those public solutions by whether or not they actually worked. Then publicize how they were applied, indicating their rating by stars for successes, and bombs for...

By Aaron Anderson on June 8, 2022
Idea Generation
Egalitarian ideas
success
failure
organizational learning
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Simple Defendable Goals Measured by Seventh Graders

This is probably the hardest thing to accomplish in the Federal Government. The Feds have incredibly diverse missions, the contribution is incredibly hard to measure. A person purchasing paper to run the office has an incredible number of oversight, rules and regulations to achieve her/his job solely because she/he is...

By timothy dibble on June 1, 2022
Statistics
surveys
simplicity
Evaluations
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Ruthlessly edit your business card

Just put your name, what you are passionate about, how you can help others, and your contact info (of course). Everything else can be removed.

By Alberto Blanco on May 29, 2022
post-bureacratic business card
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Just put your name (and your name only) at the end of your emails

Sign with your name. There's no need or value added in showing others all those great accomplishments you have made (i.e. your studies or your flashy job title). If people want to know more about you, they can figure out quite easily. Just make sure your LinkedIn profile is updated...

By Alberto Blanco on May 29, 2022
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