exactly, seems like an article from the late 80s <g><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:43 AM, Mark Janssen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dreamingforward@gmail.com">dreamingforward@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">This is a great example at just how far off the mainline business<br>
culture is. Even after the Internet revolution, they still hardly<br>
have learned a thing. Fucking amazing. This write-up is like some<br>
old-time newspaper jounalist describing the Internet as a popular<br>
"fad" with some "interesting innovations".<br>
<br>
marcos<br>
<div class="im"><br>
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:14 AM, Dante-Gabryell Monson<br>
<<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Excerpt from Wall Street Journal :<br>
> "The weakness of managed corporations in dealing with accelerating change is<br>
> only half the double-flanked attack on traditional notions of corporate<br>
> management. The other half comes from the erosion of the fundamental<br>
> justification for corporations in the first place."<br>
> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMjEyNDIyWj.html#" target="_blank">http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704476104575439723695579664-lMyQjAxMTAwMDIwMjEyNDIyWj.html#</a><br>
> "...predict the rise of "mass collaboration" as the new form of economic<br>
> organization. They believe corporate hierarchies will disappear, as<br>
> individuals are empowered to work together in creating "a new era"<br>
> "The new model will have to be more like the marketplace, and less like<br>
> corporations of the past. It will need to be flexible, agile, able to<br>
> quickly adjust to market developments, and ruthless in reallocating<br>
> resources to new opportunities."<br>
> " ...the people who control large pools of capital need to act more like<br>
> venture capitalists, and less like corporate finance departments. They need<br>
> to make lots of bets, not just a few big ones, and they need to be willing<br>
> to cut their losses."<br>
> "In addition to resource allocation, there's the even bigger challenge of<br>
> creating structures that motivate and inspire workers. There's plenty of<br>
> evidence that most workers in today's complex organizations are simply not<br>
> engaged in their work."<br>
> "The new model will have to instill in workers the kind of drive and<br>
> creativity and innovative spirit more commonly found among entrepreneurs. It<br>
> will have to push power and decision-making down the organization as much as<br>
> possible, rather than leave it concentrated at the top. Traditional<br>
> bureaucratic structures will have to be replaced with something more like<br>
> ad-hoc teams of peers, who come together to tackle individual projects, and<br>
> then disband."<br>
><br>
> "Information gathering also needs to be broader and more inclusive."<br>
><br>
> "New mechanisms will have to be created for harnessing the "wisdom of<br>
> crowds." "<br>
><br>
> "Can the 20th-century corporation evolve into this new, 21st-century<br>
> organization? It won't be easy. The "innovator's dilemma" applies to<br>
> management, as well as technology. But the time has come to find out. The<br>
> old methods won't last much longer."<br>
><br>
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