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Ways of Working — Proposal

Designing ways of working
for acceleration.

For discussion · Internal
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The bet

An organization's way of working is its operating system.
Here are the design decisions we'll make together.

The Winning Aspiration sets the scope of change and the outcomes we're chasing. It frames six design decisions that leaders make together to shape a future way of working.

Winning Aspiration
Transformation Scope
How much change are we willing to make?
Desired Outcomes
What does success look like?
Design Decisions
Decision 1
Organization Design
How will we organize to achieve it?
Decision 2
Delivery Model
How will value flow from idea to outcome?
Decision 3
Enablement
What technology, data, tools, and skills enable success?
Decision 4
Culture
What behaviors will define success?
Decision 5
Funding & Talent
How do we fund the work and grow the people?
Decision 6
Guardrails & Coordination
Where do rails live and how do pods align?
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How we get there · AI-first alignment

Use the Operating Model Playbook as a starting draft —
leadership discusses, edits, and aligns together.

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01
Pre-read
Leaders arrive with a shared starting point instead of a blank page.
  • —Attendees pre-read the Operating Model
  • —Each attendee votes Agree if they are comfortable with direction or Let's Discuss if have feedback/questions.
  • —Reactions, questions, and disagreements are all captured in the tool itself.
02
Working session
A 90-minute leadership meeting to align on the Playbook decisions.
  • —Walk each of the six decisions in order, using the AI draft as the strawman.
  • —Review the "Let's Discuss" items in real time prioritizing those with most votes for discussion.
  • —Edit language live — the tool is the whiteboard, not a slide export.
  • —Name owners for driving, approving, contributing and staying informed for each part of the Playbook
03
Commit
Turn the meeting into a durable, shareable decision.
  • —Export the Readout + Ship It artifacts as the source of truth.
  • —Circulate to sponsors and downstream teams within 24 hours.
  • —Follow-ups are scoped decisions, not a re-open of the operating model.