organizations are broken, and how to fix them
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Study, develop, and spread adaptive ways of working and
organizing that accelerate meaningful progress for all.
@clayparkerjones
UNDERCURRENT ’S PURPOSE
Every day, millions of people wake up and play
a boring RPG called “Professionalism”
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DOCTOROW
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$0
$2,250,000,000,000
$4,500,000,000,000
$6,750,000,000,000
$9,000,000,000,000
1960 1974 1987 2001 2014
COST PER GIGAFLOP
TOP 500
BORING CHART, RIGHT?
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COST PER GIGAFLOP
$0
$1
$1,000
$1,000,000
$1,000,000,000
$1,000,000,000,000
1960 1974 1987 2001 2014
TOP 500
LOG S CALE!
B OOM!
+ Platforms (AK A Infrastructure)
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AU TOMAT TIC – SOME THING LIKE 250 PEOPLE REACHING A BILLION USERS!?
+ higher highs & lows
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HDI: HEALTHY LIFE, GOOD EDUCATION, STANDARD OF LIVING
0
0.5
1
1938 1960 1980 2000
ROSER
OECD
REST/EUROPELATAMCHINAINDIA
S. AFRICA
N. AFRICAREST/ASIA
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= easier to fail
10% OF THE TOP 5,000 FIRMS ARE GONE EVERY YEAR
SHOULD WE EVEN TRY TO KEEP THEM ALIVE?
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-4.0
-2.0
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
1949
1953
1957
1961
1965
1969
1973
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
1948-‘73 1973-‘90 1990-‘07 2007-‘13
Output 4.00 3.10 3.60 1.10
Capital 3.70 4.20 4.10 1.40
Labor 1.00 1.90 1.60 -0.10
Productivity 2.10 0.50 1.20 0.70
Labor contribution doubling maybe every 50 years
Computing power doubling every 18 months
We clearly don’t know what we’re doing
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Hierarchies &
Complication &
Silos &
Conformity &
▶︎ Predictability
▶︎ Control
▶︎ Profit
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Hierarchies & Networks
Complication & Emergence
Silos & Flow
Conformity & Experimentation
Uncertainty ▶︎ Predictability
Empowerment ▶︎ Control
Purpose ▶︎ Profit
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Hierarchies & Networks
Complication & Emergence
Silos & Flow
Conformity & Experimentation
Uncertainty ▶︎ Predictability
Empowerment ▶︎ Control
Purpose ▶︎ Profit
Allow teams to self-organize
Reduce number of rules, increase their legitimacy
Work in public and push transparency
Undo the matrix with multidisciplinary teams
Make it easy to “ship”
Foster disposable metrics, projects and teams
Set purpose and property and watch what happens
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DIGNAN
ACTIVIT Y
PROFILE
SKILLS
RESOURCES
RESISTANCE
ACTION
FEEDBACK
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DIGNAN
SALES
ACHIEVER; L ACK OF FACULT Y
PREP; FOLLOW-THROUGH
RESOURCES
TIME; COMPE TITION
ACTION
DATA; POINTS
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