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Organisational Fabric

Tom Geraghty · Complexity & Systems, Organisational Design

Argues psychological safety is not only a team phenomenon but a property of all groups and inter-group relationships. Introduces the concept of organisational fabric — the connective tissue between teams — and what happens when isolated high-performing bubbles can't share.

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• 180 Factors of Transformation
• Conway's Law
• Digital Transformation & PS
• Dunbar's Number & Team Size
• Making Work Visible
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• Sociotechnical Theory
• Spectra of Participation
• Theory of Constraints
• Colution
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