The Octopus Organisation: How HR Can Make Transformation Stick

What would your organisation look like if it worked more like an octopus — distributed, adaptive, and capable of sensing and reacting without waiting for instructions from the centre? 

In this episode of the Digital HR Leaders podcast, David Green is joined by Phil Lebrun and Jana Werner, Executives in Residence at Amazon Web Services and authors of The Octopus Organization, to explore why so many transformations fail to stick — and what a more adaptive, human approach to change actually looks like. 

Join them as they discuss:

• What the octopus organisation metaphor is, and why it offers a different model to the traditional, hierarchical "Tin Man" organisation 
• The three themes — clarity, ownership, and curiosity — that separate organisations that adapt well from those that don't 
• Why transformation can no longer be treated as a one-time event 
• HR's evolving role in driving and supporting transformation 
• How to measure whether change is actually working, beyond vanity metrics 
• Real examples of leaders and organisations putting these ideas into practice 

This episode is sponsored by Valence.  

Nadia, Valence's AI coaching platform, connects talent strategy to the work employees are actually doing — offering coaching from the frontline to the boardroom, and surfacing organisational insights that weren't visible before. 

 As the most widely deployed coach in the Fortune 500, Nadia is already helping global leaders like Nestlé, Delta, CVS, and Kraft Heinz transform talent at scale.  

Learn more at valence.co/insight222

Resources:

• The Octopus Organization by Phil Lebrun and Jana Werner 

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