The Entrepreneurial Organization Is Dynamic and Ambidextrous

The past few chapters have delved deeply into the human aspects of the new management model: We’ve looked at the “special breed of people” it requires, the importance and desired attributes of the culture that is created, and the qualities that leaders must exhibit. Now we shift the focus to key organizational and strategic issues. In order to remain entrepreneurial beyond the startup stage, an organization has to be designed and managed for that purpose. As we’ve seen earlier, it must have dynamic capabilities—the ability to sense and seize new opportunities while transforming itself accordingly—and it must be ambidextrous, able to exploit current business and explore new possibilities at the same time.