Goodbye Taylorism, Hello Life Science

December 8th, 2009  |  Published in Articles

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Superperformance occurs inside of a context. The classic industrial model of command and control underlying traditional management practice is not sustainable in the 21st century. A new organizational framework is needed.  It must be agile, super focused, operate from simple rules, and clarity of purpose. Advancements in optimization knowledge and information technology—together with a revolution in leadership—provide executives an unprecedented opportunity to put in place a new superstructure and system of support. This new framework must be one that creates the context for Superperformance—and its long-term sustainability. To achieve maximum fitness this system and structure must be agile, innovative, and resilient. It must facilitate the merger of process and culture. It must be based on a dynamic, not static view of organization. This superstructure must be based on a living, complex adaptive systems view of organization—alive and self organizing.  Organism, not Machine.

Goodbye Taylorism, Hello Life Science.

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