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Reactive to Creative Leadership in Org Topologies
In modern organizations, leadership style and organizational design are deeply interconnected. This report examines two frameworks – The Leadership Circle (which differentiates leadership styles, notably Creative vs Reactive orientations) and the Org Topologies model (developed by Alexey Krivitsky and Roland Flemm) that describes different organizational design archetypes. We first summarize each framework’s core components, then map how various leadership styles align with e

Alexey Krivitsky
Sep 29 min read


Studying Org Designs of Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO
Both Haier's RDHY and Bayer's DSO aim to shift decision‑making to the frontline and foster customer‑centric innovation.

Alexey Krivitsky
Feb 417 min read


How To Make Value Flow Without Interruptions in SAFe
Introduction In 2022, Andrew Sales (Chief Methodologist and SAFe Fellow at Scaled Agile, Inc.) spoke at Tecnifor SAFe Day about...

Roland Flemm
Sep 2, 20248 min read


Elevate Product Management to Drive Business Agility
This blog describes how moving up on the Org Topologies™ map shapes Product Management to achieve business agility.

Roland Flemm
Jul 19, 202411 min read


Aligned Autonomy at Scale (from Spotify Model)
“Aligned Autonomy” is a concept that aims to strike a balance between autonomous decision-making and alignment with organizational goals...

Roland Flemm
Jul 18, 20247 min read


Elevate a SAFe Adoption with Team of Teams and eARTS
What is Elevation by Org Topologies? Elevation by Org Topologies refers to the process of enhancing an organization’s design and...

Alexey Krivitsky
Jul 15, 20246 min read


Case Study: from Component Teams to Team Topologies to FaST Agile
This article is a detailed analysis of James Shore's talk at the Hands-on Agile Meetup. We're looking at this case study from the viewpoint

Alexey Krivitsky
Oct 26, 202311 min read


Org Topologies and Feature Team Adoption Map
While studying organizational design, we created a visual representation of our findings using the Org Topologies™ Map . When explaining...

Roland Flemm
Mar 2, 20236 min read


Map Your Route to Mastering Agile Fluency
The Agile Fluency® Model is a fantastic model. We just love it. With this model, you start seeing your journey as a series of paradigm...

Alexey Krivitsky
Nov 6, 20224 min read


Analyzing Marty Cagan's "Empowered Product Teams" for Adaptivity
This article has been updated on November 1st, 2022 to reflect our improved understanding of Marty Cagan's model. As a result, the...

Alexey Krivitsky
Oct 22, 202214 min read


How Adaptive is the "Spotify Model"?
TL;DR This is a series of articles (among them are Team Topologies and Marty Cagan's Empowered Product Teams) where we compare and...

Alexey Krivitsky
Oct 1, 202210 min read
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