50 Jahre Zukunft des Organisierens

Transformation gets organizations moving – and with it comes the need to sometimes change perspective. For the Berlin-based artists’ collective Fünfzehn, the change of perspective itself has a transformative effect, which they make visible and tangible in our Metaplan Forum. They are interested in the moment of contemplation that arises from the fact that something changes – perhaps due to an impulse from

outside, perhaps because you yourself are on the move. Unexpectedly, sometimes even casually, new insights, new knowledge, and a new understanding develop. For this to happen, you need to open up, which presents the opportunity to reshape things – and lets you remain open for what may still come your way during the transformation process.

When an organization is being transformed, it should feel something like this. When you first start, you don’t give it much thought. No transformation label is stamped on a project right from the beginning. Only after a few steps do you realize that you’re already in the midst of the change process and it’s time to consciously perceive, reflect and shape it. To the right, to the left, in the rear-view mirror – everywhere things appear that are undergoing change or just waiting for it. Sometimes, it is difficult to grasp the change, because for that you have to learn to grasp and learn to look at it. An organization rarely enjoys the luxury of stopping for a moment to analyze and

plan the next steps. Rather, it is a productive struggle for the right perspective to recognize the principles of the division of labor, to deconstruct them, and then to consider at which points the divided efforts can be brought together again, i.e., to reconstruct the organization. This experience is made visible by the artists from Fünfzehn in Berlin. The transformation mirror symbolically gives you the opportunity to go through this experience. May organizational design be inspired in this way by art!