Galileo and the New Order
October 26th, 2009 | Published in Articles
At the launch of The Superperforming CEO Book Tour & Seminar in Houston last week, Superperforming CEO George Martinez, in “An Uncommon View” and Complexity Guru Chris Welsh in “Escape from Flatland” both shared brilliant illustrations about the experience of a paradigm shift. Both referred to Superperformance as the discovery of a true advance in contemporary business thinking and optimization practice.
Coincidentally stumbled upon this article which furthers the story of Galileo’s invention of the telescope and its groundbreaking implications.
In the same way, the view of organization as organism (not machine) supplants the century-old Taylor model and points to the incontrovertible need for a new guiding science for organizations – we need a life science not a machine science – it must be a science of management and leadership together. The new biophysics of optimization – Superperformance science – weds biology and physics (nonequilibrium thermodynamics) to inform the transformation of flow and the emergence of culture.
The article includes a wonderful quote by physics pioneer Max Plank, “”A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die.”
The new optimization science of management & leadership – of complementarity – control & liberation, will surely become implicit knowledge one day.
