Compliance or Creation
Peter Kaminski via Seb mentions:
Whoosh: Business in the Fast Lane,Tom McGehee on what makes a company suck or rock:
Compliance CompaniesCreation Companies Policy drivenPrinciple driven Rule basedRelationship based Conducts training
Allows for structured and unstructured learning
Forced organizationSelf-organizing ReactiveProactive Good of organization over good of individualGood of organization through good of individuals Measures activityMeasures outcome OrderedChaotic Closed systemOpen system PatternedEmergent Internal focusExternal focus Risk avoidanceOpportunity creation Confuses models with realityUnderstands modeling Tries to re-create past successTries to create new successes Methodology basedModel based Expert's mindBeginner's mind Tolerates diversityThrives on diversity Seeks equilibriumSeeks progress Deficit focusedPositive focused Creates burning platformsCreates compelling opportunities
Application to national governments or revolutionary organizations is left as an exercise for the reader.