Since World War II there has been a fundamental change in how our institutions are structured- With regard to corporate form, governance and responsibility
That change can be summarized as organizational movement from bureaucratic to charismatic - Bureaucratic form can be viewed as intrinsically rational
- Charismatic form is intrinsically ideological (though can be an ideology of one)
This has changed how we think about and design solutions to our needs and problems:
- Which tools we bring to bear
- Role of Software is a focus of this presentation
- How we “know” (epistemology)
- Concept of Complexity is a focus of this presentation
- What our constraints are
- Concept of Efficiency (time and money) is a focus of this presentation
- What our freedoms are
- Concept of de-institutionalization and de-regulation is a focus of this presentation
We are increasingly becoming dysfunctional as a result- Prone to failures
- Collapse of institutions (universities, regulatory (e.g. FAA), technical, social). Loss of the factories of civilization.
For more on this (the complete presentation), see:
The ramifications of organizational transition in the digital era. A lesson from Boeing and the 737 MAX: Software is killing us