Nail Your Next Organisation Design
- David Banger
- Aug 8
- 2 min read
Redesigning your organisation isn’t just about reporting lines - it’s about building an organisation that can truly deliver.
Over the past two decades, I’ve worked with leaders to make smart, people-centred changes. Here’s a 4-step approach that consistently works.
1. Define Your Design Principles
Start by setting the ground rules. Will you offshore or outsource? What must stay internal because it enables competitive advantage? These principles create the lens through which all structural decisions should be made.
2. Assess Capabilities
Next, review your current state - across technology and people. What skills do you have, and what are you missing? This helps identify the gaps between today’s capabilities and tomorrow’s needs.
3. Design the Organisation
Based on your assessment, map out the future state. What verticals or streams are needed to meet your goals? This is where structure becomes real - focused, purposeful, and aligned with strategy.
4. Organisational Chart
With the design in hand, it’s time to determine who fits where—or whether change is needed. This goes far beyond names in boxes. It’s a structured, respectful evaluation of your team using four key categories:
Technically Current - People with the right technical skills to support future delivery.
Enabling Leaders - Individuals who may not be hands-on technically but bring teams together and remove barriers.
Floating Contributors - Team members involved in multiple initiatives without clear value or leadership.
Attitude - How are they seen? Are they team players or known for being difficult without cause?
These four lenses help leaders make confident, informed decisions about their teams - and ensure the new organisational chart is not just fit for now, but for what’s next.
If you’re thinking about reshaping your technology organisation or simply want to compare notes, I’d welcome a conversation, email me here.
I’m currently working with several businesses making these very changes - and helping them get it right.
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