How Might We Create High Performing and Agile Organisations

On a mission to create One Million psychologically safe and innovative team.

My guest this week is James Baker Duly, who is a partner with Swedish based company Youpal. James shares his experience to discuss various aspects in play now, and into the future about the need for, and how to create a high performing and agile organisation.

 

James talks about why he joined Youpal, moving from a traditional, bureaucratic business model to a more dynamic and agile model. Exploring the need for a balance between high responsiveness and structure for sustainable agility.

 

James talks about the areas he is working in to accelerate change, in business, society, and environment. Helping in education, green tech, and providing more of a sustainable environment.

We then talk our way through the world of intelligence, open-source data and information sharing. How there are communities and the breakdown of traditional industry barriers. The impact of Fintech, using an example of the auto industry to explore this.

 

We touch on the ethics of artificial intelligence and data use and the impact of technology on the future workplace and skills. How we can come together and co-create solutions that help the community. How using open source contracts can accelerate development. James touches on the banking sector and open banking as an example of opening to collaboration and cooperation.

 

How communities are becoming the drivers of decision-makers, and the role social media plays in building community advocacy. How the community-led research can be quicker and more trusted.

 

How structure and risk management stifle innovation, the need to trust the performance in the people. The friction between innovation and costs etc in larger organisations. The duality of optimising performance on one hand and trying to build future innovation.

 

We discuss MVP an innovation and the customer experience, and the importance of employee experience. Focusing on the gig economy and how it can benefit adaptability and innovation. How this pool of talent can be tapped into. How can we balance the gig economy model and the benefits of working for an organisation. We touch on the growth of digital nomads and the move from paying for time and paying for deliverables.

And at the end, James shares his top 5 tips to help create a high performing and agile organisation.

 

James Website: https://www.youpal.se

 

Scott's Website: https://theinnovatecrowd

 

If you want to get involved drop me an email at scott@theinnovatecrowd.com