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The Ultimate Pretence
France feels cold. Or at least this is what we learn while turning on the radio. On the air, we hear nothing but freezing cold and lowering temperature. Think over, -5°C, this is a record since… 2012, a record-breaking that … Continue reading
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Tagged creativity, economy, governance, social contract, society
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The New Middle Ages
The firm is born from the principle of pooling means of production, of giving the possibility to give access to resources unavailable to single individuals. According to Jeremy Rifkin, the reduction in production costs caused by the digital revolution is … Continue reading
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Tagged business design, business models, economy, innovation, networks, social contract
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Organizations and the Asperger Syndrome
Our organizations are in bad shape, this is no more a secret. No day passes without this statement being discussed, dissected, both by its causes and its effects, nor without someone stigmatizing the hierarchical and bureaucratic practices of many—too many—businesses, … Continue reading
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Tagged behavior, complexity, economy, governance, wicked problems
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The Future of Networks Depends on Technology. Or not.
The turn of the year is traditionally a period of intense prediction making, and I cannot go wrong today while predicting that the future will be networked. But which future? If we can expect technology to bring us faster, smaller, … Continue reading
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Tagged bitcoin, blockchain, communities, economy, innovation, management, technology, wirearchy
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Return of Venn – Looking at the Future of Business
My last post sparked a few amazing comments. Looking back to the little exercise I attempted – representing organizational structure as Venn diagrams – I realize that my view was a bit enterprise-centric. “Customer”, as a concept, is quite reductive … Continue reading