By Andrew Fieldhouse, Head of Team Building at Biz Group in Dubai

What is the number 1 trend of human capital in 2016?

“Organizational Design: The Rise of the Team”. It may sound like a Hollywood movie title, but it was identified in “Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends 2016 report” as the most important trend in 2016. This report contains over 7000 answers given by people from over 130 countries. The reason why Deloitte makes this report is: “Deloitte’s Human Capital specialists make maximum use of research, analysis and industry information to help design and execute human resources, talent development, leadership, organization and change programs that allow the development of business performance through people’s performance.”

We consider that this questionnaire is important for us (implicitly also for you) because the Catalyst Global network exists to change the way people think and work every day – people’s performances enable business development. From the leadership position of Biz Group’s teambuilding division, I am happy to see that teams are taken more and more seriously at the global level.

What are the results of the research?
The report has 124 pages – but as we are all Modern Learners who will not view a video longer than 4 minutes (according to the Bersin by Deloitte infographic):

I will summarize in 20 seconds from the team’s perspective. Number 1 on the list is “Organizational Design”. The report essentially ranks the top 10 trends in order of importance. Research participants were asked to consider terms such as “Learning”, “Culture or engagement” as either “somewhat/not at all important” or “very important/important”. 92% of respondents classified it as very important. Here are 3 essential points from the report:

• “…the executive directors see the need to restructure the organization… the new organization, as we call it, is built around extremely independent teams…”
• “…as companies become more and more agile and customer-oriented, organizations change their structure from the traditional form of functional models to the form given by interconnected and flexible teams.”
• “A new organizational model is growing: “a network of teams” in which companies build independent teams that work on specific projects and challenges.”

What does this mean for you and your company?

Here are the things we need to pay attention to:
If you think that “this does not apply to me”, think again. The world is heading in this direction and if you don’t listen and adapt, you will be left behind. You have the opportunity to adopt this thinking right now.
The workforce is changing, and the people around you (especially young people) have collaborative, cross-functional thinking and with technology in their foreground. Capitalize on this power and turn it to your advantage.
Thirdly, quoting from the report, “the rate of change has increased. 50 years operating under Moore’s law – not only has it propelled technological innovation but also significantly increased the rate of change in business, a rate that requires organizations to be more agile.” Things change only to get everything much faster – don’t swim against the current, be the one who rides the wave.

Article taken and translated from our colleagues, Biz Group.