Growth changes more than the size of an organisation. It changes what the organisation requires from its leaders, its structures and its ways of working.
As organisations grow, decisions can become concentrated, accountability blurred, informal ways of working stretched and strategy increasingly disconnected from everyday delivery.
When Growth Creates Complexity explores five common signals that an organisation may be reaching this point — and provides a practical diagnostic to help leadership teams identify where complexity is accumulating.
What the guide explores
When decision-making becomes concentrated in too few people
How growth can blur accountability
Recognising when informal ways of working have been outgrown
Maintaining connection between strategy and delivery
Building leadership capability as the organisation evolves
A 15-question Growth & Complexity Diagnostic
Five practical conversations for leadership teams