[OSList] Drucker conference in Vienna: "Managing Complexity"

[Kevin O'Brien via OSList]

Those are some great points Dan!

On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

>  I'm not watching the Vienna event as closely as Suzanne, and some of the
> others.
>
> I do notice some things about it.
>
> I'm glad that "people in suits" like Gary Hamel (et al) are now noticing
> what is happening, and writing and talking about it. As for "doing", it
> looks like the main activity is... arranging conference events.
>
> I'm sad and afraid about the format. It's the standard us-them conference
> format. The experts dispense wisdom from the stage, the rest receive this
> revealed wisdom.
>
>
> The structure of the program is a big tip-off to what is happening there...
>
> http://www.druckerforum.org/2013/the-event/program/
>
>
>
> By attending this, the attendee authorizes the elevation of the people on
> the stage to the status of authority figures.
>
> The title of the event might also tip us off: "Managing Complexity"
>
> To manage is to direct and control. The title therefore expands to:
>
> "Directing and Controlling Complexity".
>
> That's a very interesting title for a conference that is presumably about
> emergence in business organizations.
>
>
> Daniel
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