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Julian FairfieldSenior Fellow of the Global Organization Design SocietyFormer GO Society Board Member (2005 - 2007) International Advisor (2005 - present) Managing Director & Founder, Bach Consulting Author, Levels of Excellence: A Management Novel |
Julian Fairfield’s first career experiences were in manufacturing where he ended up as plant manager. From there, he moved to work for McKinsey where he specialized in strategy and organization. As part of the organizational work, he led for two years the seminal reorganization of CRA (40,000 employees) that utilized and expanded on the “levels of work” concept. He now also owns and operates two import businesses and is writing a book on Human Behavioural Evolution.
Videos
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GO Conference 2005 Toronto TBD TBD 00:00
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GO Conference 2005 Toronto Understanding human evolution: A useful precondition for personal growth, happiness and avoiding extinction August 11 2005 00:00 |
GO Conference 2005 Toronto Strategy drives structure and vertical alignment - design and process issues August 10 2005 00:00 |
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Random House Australia, 2002 - 196 pages
Levels of Excellence: A Management Novel This is a business book written in the form of a novel. It makes accessible two leading theories in current business management: Levels Theory, developed by Elliott Jaques, and the Seven-S model developed by McKinsey's Bob Waterman (of IN SEARCH OF EXCELLENCE fame). Main character Jim takes a new, high-powered bank job in which his brief is to double financial growth. He begins a romance with another divisional head, Jane, whose management approach is the opposite to Jim's. As the story evolves, it offers a real-world example of how these two theories can be combined in practice to produce the most satisfactory outcomes for both the business and its employees. |
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Extracted from the book, Organization Design, Levels of Work & Human Capability: Executive Guide; Editors: Ken Shepard, Jerry L. Gray, James G. Hunt, and Sarah McArthur, 2007 - pp. 129 - 142. You may purchase a printed copy of the book at Amazon.com or download a free digital copy of the book here.
Profit by Raising a Key Function to the Next Level : Tools to Build a Work Levels Shifting Strategy The importance of understanding complexity and how it relates to corporate strategy and growth is the focus of Julian Fairfield’s article, “Profit by Raising a Key Function to the Next Level: Tools to Build a Work Levels Shifting Strategy”. An experienced consultant with global experience in implementing requisite concepts, his position is that companies that dominate markets are those who operate at a higher level of complexity than their competitors. Similar to the approach taken in his popular book Levels of Excellence, Fairfield integrates other management theories—such as the McKinsey “7 S model”—with requisite concepts.
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Chapters (Excerpt)?
Profit by Raising a Key Function to the Next Level : Tools to Build a Work Levels Shifting Strategy
Extracted from Julian Fairfield's book, Organization Design, Levels of Work & Human Capability: Executive Guide; Editors: Ken Shepard, Jerry L. Gray, James G. Hunt, and Sarah McArthur, 2007 - pp. 129 - 142. You may purchase a printed copy of the book at Amazon.com or download a free digital copy of the book here.
The importance of understanding complexity and how it relates to corporate strategy and growth is the focus of Julian Fairfield’s article, “Profit by Raising a Key Function to the Next Level: Tools to Build a Work Levels Shifting Strategy”. An experienced consultant with global experience in implementing requisite concepts, his position is that companies that dominate markets are those who operate at a higher level of complexity than their competitors. Similar to the approach taken in his popular book Levels of Excellence, Fairfield integrates other management theories—such as the McKinsey “7 S model”—with requisite concepts.
Papers and articles
A Group Of Integrated Frameworks to Direct Dialogue Around the Complex Leadership, Political, Social and Economic Issues Facing Eritrea
A White Paper on development of East Timor
Understanding Human Evolution: A Useful Precondition for Personal Growth, Happiness and Avoiding Extinction
Audio Interview:
Julian's thoughts on up-shifting the levels of work complexity, July, 2014
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Other Publications
Levels Theory Provides Unique Insight Into Strategy and Why “Levels Shifting” Change Management Is So Demanding
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