[OSList] Skye on living companies

[Skye Hirst]

Thanks Arthur -  reminds me of the thoughts of Arie deGeus  in his  
book on "The Living Company" who studied what makes companies last  
beyond 40 years.

He makes an analogy between oxygen for living organisms and money for  
companies.  "To support life, we need oxygen to breath; but breathing  
oxygen is not our purpose.  Similarly to support continued operation,  
companies need to make money and profit; but that is not their  
purpose. When it is made their purpose they become money machines;  
rigid mechanisms unable to adapt and learn."


Skye Hirst, PhD
The Autognomics Institute
Perceiving the Process Nature of Life-itself


skyeh at autognomics.org
www.autognomics.org
Twitter @autognomics




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