Org Design in Practice
How Your Decision Making Process
Can Become a Lever for Organizational Change
Mike Arauz – Founding Partner, August Public
and
Tom Hunt – CEO, Pivot Energy
Is your organization suffering from decision dysfunction? If perfectionism, bureaucracy, or uncertainty are holding your team back, discover a proven framework to make faster, better decisions while fostering inclusivity.
Decision-making is a fundamental part of every aspect of organizational life, yet the methods we use are often unexamined. This leads to slow, inefficient processes that hinder progress and rarely produce optimal outcomes.
In this practical workshop, August partner Mike Arauz and Pivot Energy CEO, Tom Hunt illuminate challenges in organizational decision-making and share a simple, intuitive framework that will help your team make better, faster and more inclusive decisions.
Using examples and outcomes from Pivot Energy’s recent decision-making transformation, Mike and Tom will share examples from their proven toolkit and provide opportunities for you to apply these practices to your own scenarios.
Participants will learn…
- Why RACI doesn’t work, and what to use instead
- The 3 fundamental mindset shifts needed for Empowered Decision Making
- How to choose a Decision Owner
- Who to include in a Stakeholder Map
- How to ditch consensus in favor of “Safe to Try”
- A toolkit of Empowered Decision Making practices to try right away with your teams
Mike Arauz is a Founding Partner at August Public Inc., a leading organization transformation firm. Mike’s approach to building high-performing teams and organizations has made him a sought-after advisor to senior executives at global nonprofits, NYC Government, and Fortune 100 companies. Previously, Mike was a Partner at Undercurrent, where he helped leaders adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century. As a co-author of the Responsive Org Manifesto and a thought leader in the future of work, Mike’s contributions shape modern work philosophies, making him a key figure in organizational change. He has designed and facilitated numerous decision-making transformations in partnership with large, complex organizations, and he is the co-author with Alexis Gonzales-Black of the whitepaper, Decision Making Can Be a Lever for Organizational Change.
Tom Hunt is the CEO of Pivot Energy, where he has overseen the organization’s rapid growth and strategic expansion within the complex, high-impact world of renewable energy. He is a vocal advocate for empowered decision making as a lever for meaningful impact and healthy company cultures. Prior to joining Pivot, he served as Senior VP of Corporate Development at Clean Energy Collective and Senior Policy Advisor at the Colorado Governor’s Energy Office. In these roles he has overseen construction and operations of solar projects, created multiple state markets for community solar, and initiated significant investment in electric vehicle charging stations. He has an undergraduate degree in biochemistry and has earned two graduate degrees in energy economics.