In my opinion, it must be supported by an improved social technology, yet keeping with our craving for power and privilege. Semantically, what would replace Christ, King or Capital? The answer looks obvious at the surface : I, so is Individualism to be raised up to the level of an ideology? Another avenue is to look at the commons movement with the sharing and caring economy currently being praised. What about "Commonism" ... You name it !
Preparing a talk about Facebook, pondering about the ideological framework from an historical perspective, I designed the above board. Can you name the background of our quest for personal recognition? Several ideas emerged in my mind: networkism, tribalism, ... Yet, none is satisfactory.
In my opinion, it must be supported by an improved social technology, yet keeping with our craving for power and privilege. Semantically, what would replace Christ, King or Capital? The answer looks obvious at the surface : I, so is Individualism to be raised up to the level of an ideology? Another avenue is to look at the commons movement with the sharing and caring economy currently being praised. What about "Commonism" ... You name it !
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Les entreprises allouent près de 50% de leurs ressources à des projets de développements qui soit sont annulés avant terme, soit donnent naissance à des produits non rentables ! Efficience et avantage compétitif
Au cours des 30 dernières années, poussées par les théories modernes de management et le miracle des nouvelles technologies, les entreprises se sont lancées dans des programmes d’investissement presqu’exclusivement orientés ver l’optimisation opérationnelle. Pourtant, Michael Porter déclarait déjà en 1996 que « operational efficiency is not a competitive advantage ». A l’heure ou l’accès à la connaissance et le développement des ressources à hautes compétences constituent les ingrédients de base de l’amélioration organisationnelle, que faut-il donc optimiser ? Value … what is value(d) today?
Heard on the grapevine: "Value is what a damn fool is ready to pay for it!". Discarding the price element, value is the perceived capacity of a product or service to satisfy a set of needs. New business mindsets and pricing models will have us revisiting this rather basic definition in order to introduce two concepts, namely benefits impact and benefits scope. Think of the following situation: you are offered a free cinema ticket provided you contribute with all the other spectators to the supply of the necessary energy that will power the infrastructure. You are kindly asked to collectively do some wheeling on bicycles, supplying the watts through electric-pedal power generator, whilst you are watching the latest "Shrek IV" movie. To overcome the whirr of the wheels, you are equipped with the latest hearing sets technology and, presto you are having a "Green Cinema Experience" … for FREE! Why is sustainability so important? New lens for decision-making!
One way to explain it is to learn from the past through a striking example, a typical symbol of un-sustainability. "The city of Potosi (in Bolivia) was founded in 1545 following the discovery of silver in the Cerro Rico Mountain. By the end of 18th century Potosi had grown into the largest and wealthiest city in Latin America. The price was the lives of hundreds of thousands of Indian forced labourers and thousands of African slaves, as a result of accidents, mercury poisoning and silicosis pneumonia. Nowadays, Potosi is a decaying place and Bolivia one of the poorest countries in the world ..." (quoted from Giusseppe Munda). |
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