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Alexey Krivitsky discusses the importance of flexible organisational design and the Org Topologies approach to improve adaptability in companies.

Alexey Krivitsky, organisational consultant, agile pioneer, and co-creator of the Org Topologies methodology, joins us to explore why some organisations remain adaptable while others become trapped in layers of local optimisation, dependencies, and internal complexity. Drawing on insights from his new book 10x Organisations, Alexey challenges many of the assumptions behind organisational design practices, from domain ownership and platform teams to Conway’s Law and agile transformations. We look into the difference between optimising for outputs versus outcomes, the risks of creating organisational kingdoms around teams and domains, and why organisational design should remain flexible, contextual, and closely connected to customer value. Alexey argues that many of the organisational challenges companies face today are not the result of poor execution, but of structural choices that have become invisible over time. Drawing on years of experience in agile transformations and organisational consulting, he introduces the Org Topologies approach as a way to make those choices explicit and open to discussion. He explains how seemingly rational decisions can create isolated teams…

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Guest: Alexey Krivitsky

Topics covered

• organisational design
• agile transformations
• Org Topologies methodology
• outputs vs outcomes
• customer value
• structural choices

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Organizations: Org Topologies, 10x Organisations, Boundaryless SRL

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