Thomas Malone: Discovering the New Physics of Organizing
by Sören Stamer May 25, 2007 at 07:32 PM
Most of us believe in centralized structures to coordinate things and solve important problems. The results are omnipresent hierarchies. Someone (string leader) has to decide in the end, right? Really?
Professor Thomas Malone from the MIT thinks not. Actually, he believes that the opposite is true. He makes the compelling case that we create better organizations and a better society if we use highly decentralized structures instead. I strongly believe we will. The great thing is that he also explains why.
Pleasel enjoy his interview about leadership and his own life: The Power of Decentralization: Discovering the New Physics of Organizing. It is from May 2001. However, it has a lot to do with Enterprise 2.0.
Henrik, thanks for the hint. Awesome!
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I read Thomas Malones book "The Future of Work" which elegantly described a lot of phenomena that are going on in the world around us.
But this dialog gives a much more complete and vivid picture of his work and ideas and helps to see them in a bigger picture.
Thank you for that link!
Posted by: ischti | June 1, 2007 09:11 AM
@itschi: Thanks for the hint. I am already very curious.
Posted by: Sören | June 1, 2007 03:14 PM