The Ambidextrous Organization.¶
Tushman, M. L., & O'Reilly, C. A. (2004). The Ambidextrous Organization. Harvard Business Review, 82(4), 74-81.
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Primes¶
Domain-specific¶
- Innovation Theater
- the systems-of-innovation distinction between innovation activity and innovation capability, the innovation-accounting critique of vanity metrics, and ambidexterity research (O'Reilly and Tushman: structural separation without integration becomes theater)
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- the systems-of-innovation distinction between innovation activity and innovation capability, the innovation-accounting critique of vanity metrics, and ambidexterity research (O'Reilly and Tushman: structural separation without integration becomes theater)
Mechanisms¶
- Experiment Incubation Pipeline
- The protected-unit idea it rests on is the ambidextrous organization: separating exploratory units from the core so exploration is not smothered by the demands of exploitation.
This sourceDefines the ambidextrous organization as using structurally separate exploratory units so innovation can pursue different processes and cultures while the core continues exploitation.
- The protected-unit idea it rests on is the ambidextrous organization: separating exploratory units from the core so exploration is not smothered by the demands of exploitation.
- Protected Experimentation Team
- O'Reilly and Tushman's study of ambidextrous units found the ones that succeeded were tightly integrated with senior leadership and the core even as they ran on their own metrics; separation alone predicts failure.
This sourceReports that successful ambidextrous organizations pair structurally distinct units with tight integration at the senior-executive level.
- O'Reilly and Tushman's study of ambidextrous units found the ones that succeeded were tightly integrated with senior leadership and the core even as they ran on their own metrics; separation alone predicts failure.
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