[OSList] Skye on living companies

[John Watkins]

There are lots of forms of "energy" that pass through the "membranes" of companies besides just money!  People and their passions are one.

John

On Sep 24, 2011, at 5:54 AM, Skye Hirst wrote:

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