Leading in Extraordinary Times
Session 7: The Virtual Organization is Here –Now to Make it Work!
Dr. Bill Halal
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
12:00-1:00 pm USA EDT (1600-1700 UTC)
About Session: 07
The resulting constellation of small, self-managed teams can be viewed as a network of “internal enterprises” able to adjust spontaneously to their environment — the ideal of free enterprise operating within large organizations. This self-organizing system is then held together with financial, informational, and cultural overlays that knit units into a more productive whole. Virtual meetings conducted with sophisticated platforms like MS Teams, video conferencing, and occasional in-person contacts reinforce the working relationships that make organizations work. We cite examples of organizations that have abandoned physical offices altogether and meet occasionally for only crucial events and to celebrate their accomplishments.
About Speaker
Dr. Bill Halal
Dr. Bill Halal has served as an aerospace engineer on NASA’s Apollo Program, an Air Force officer, a Silicon Valley manager, and is Professor Emeritus of technology & innovation at the George Washington University. He is the founder of TechCast Global LLC, a continuous Delphi-based forecasting organization cited by the National Academies, featured in the Washington Post, Newsweek, and the Futurist. and recognized as possibly the best forecasting system available. His many books include The New Capitalism, The New Management: Bringing Democracy & Markets Inside Organizations, Twenty-First Century Economics: Perspectives of Socioeconomics for a Changing World, Technology’s Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society, and Beyond Knowledge: How Technology is Driving an Age of Consciousness. Bill has always been fascinated with the revolutionary power of technological change driving us into a high-tech global order. He recently launched “Strategic Forum,” a bi-monthly virtual conference that brings together prominent thought leaders to collectively provide strategic solutions to the transformative changes of our time
