Tag Archives: complexity

What Have They Done to My Song, Ma

Posted on September 16, 2014 by thierry

“Look what they done to my song ma Look what they done to my song It’s the only thing I could do alright And they turned it upside down Oh ma, look what they done to my song” – Melanie … Continue reading →

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The Thin Organization, Part II: Trapped into Causal Opacity?

Posted on April 29, 2013 by thierry

Our world is changing. Fast. Radically. To cope with this pace of evolution, or to simply avoid disruption, organizations must evolve. The Glorious Thirties, these years which embodied the Golden Age of mass production and standardized consumption, are definitely behind … Continue reading →

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The Thin Organization Part I: Enacting Social Business

Posted on April 8, 2013 by thierry

I was recently invited to participate to a session during the Enterprise 2.0 Summit in Paris, along with Jon Husband and Richard Collin, on the theme of “frameworks for the networked organization”. I won’t give here my thoughts about the … Continue reading →

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My Social Business Predictions for 2003 (not a typo) – Part 2

Posted on February 4, 2013 by thierry

Most of today’s organizations are powerful productive machines, which were founded and grew up during an era where mass production was the norm, and planning was the course of action. This era is over for good, and social business, or … Continue reading →

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Innovation, Complexity and Social Business – Part 2

Posted on November 1, 2012 by thierry

Reconciling Organizational Improvement and Reinvention Through Social Business Design This post is the second of a two-parts article on innovation and social business co-written with Ralph-Christian Ohr (@ralph_ohr). A striking change of focus in the social business arena occurred during … Continue reading →

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