#Organization
12 articles

The Full Picture: Formation-Based Organization Theory Meets Regenerative Leadership
The series finale. Integrating formation-based organization theory as a three-layer structure of philosophy, systems, and culture, and connecting it to Regenerative Leadership. Birds keep flying not because they're strong, but because they can rotate.

Taking Off the Manager's Armor: Connecting Kegan's Theory to Formation Design
The invisibility of managerial exhaustion meets Robert Kegan's Self-Transforming Mind. Taking off the armor isn't about showing weakness -- it's about sharing the reality of the role. Systems first, culture second, but ultimately both are necessary.

Two-Layer Compensation: What Road Cycling Teaches About Pay Design
In road cycling, prize money is split equally among the team while base salary varies by ability. Applying this two-layer structure to organizations, exploring how to solve the compensation problem when transitioning to a Senior Supporter role -- and why systems alone aren't enough without culture.

The Senior Supporter: Turning Demotion into Transition
A hypothesis for giving name, role, and meaning to those who step back from management. Drawing from road cycling's gregario and rugby's formation culture, exploring the conditions under which rear positions can carry pride.

Formation Design Lessons from Birds and Sled Dogs
Extracting four design principles shared by migratory bird V-formations and sled dog teams, and exploring what it takes to apply them to human organizations. Pushing beyond existing leadership theories into the territory of concrete system design.

Why Organizations Burn Out
Exploring how relentless pursuit of short-term results creates a 'depletion of meaning,' why the unspoken assumption of 'everyone sprinting all the time' is fundamentally flawed, and the overlooked perspective of 'formation design' in management theory.

Why Migratory Birds Never Stop Flying
Exploring organizational sustainability through the V-formation of migratory birds and the rotation system of sled dogs. An introduction to a series on redesigning organizations around the principle of rotation, moving beyond the 'everyone sprints all the time' model.

What Comes Before \"Be Interested in People\" — On Cognitive Margin in Organizations
Exploring the hidden prerequisite behind the common advice to 'be interested in people.' From facilitating a dialogue-based workshop, reflections on the relationship between cognitive margin and organizational structure.

Rethinking \"Failure\" Led Me to the Meaning of Human Existence
Starting from Amy Edmondson's 'Right Kind of Wrong,' I questioned the nature of failure and unexpectedly arrived at the meaning of human existence.

The Future Beyond Agent Teams: When Humans Let Go of \"Correctness\"
Working with Claude Code and Agent Teams daily has left me with a persistent discomfort: when AI becomes highly sophisticated, can humans continue to handle 'correctness'? I'm putting my current thoughts into words as a hypothesis.

Learning from History: The Reflection Habits of Great Figures
In this article, I explore how great figures from Japan and around the world practiced reflection and how it contributed to their success.

5 Reasons Why Reflection Increases Productivity
Reflection is the process of looking inward and gaining new insights about yourself. At first glance, it may seem unrelated to productivity. However, reflection actually has a significant impact on improving productivity.