Which company building blocks to adjust.

Identify which blocks are causing the most constraints and tackle those first–but only tackle 5 at most. Structure is the last option to consider. Decision rights and flow of information should be the top candidates as they often rank 2x as effective as the other options.rN2 Analyze design to find other opportunities.



  1. Gary Neilson, Jaime Estupiñán, and Bhushan Sethi, “10 Principles of Organization Design,” strategy+business, 2015, https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00318?gko=31dee. (See notes.)