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BEYOND EFFICENCY
TOWARDS DISCONTINUITY
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.(Dante Alighieri, La Divina Commedia, Inferno, 1306)
FOREST DARKFOREST DARK = COMPLEXITY = COMPLEXITY
MIDWAY UPON THE JOURNEY OF OUR LIFE = STORE OF KNOWLEDGE
Provocations from Middle Age
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DISORDER
CR
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ORDER
Provocations from Santa Fe
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DISORDERDISORDERORDERORDER
Between Deserts and Tornados
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DISORDERDISORDERORDERORDER
Between Bureaucracy and Anarchy
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DISCONTINUITY
CONTINUITY
Death for fossilization
Death fordisintegration
orderdisorder
involution(decline)
evolution(development)
Cues from the Theory of Complexity
LIFELIFE
Dynamic equilibrium at the edge of chaos
Disequilibrium
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Provocations to companies
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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Sharing to improve the context
Plan the present
Continuity(+)
(+) (+)
(+)(+)
STATE
OBJECTIVE
ACTION
EFFECT
Operational Excellence
RELATIONAL CAPACITY
Lever
Praise of Continuity: the 'Excellence' Circle
[source: De Toni - Comello, 2005]
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Praise of Continuity
Incremental improvement of:
Processes
Products/services
Organizational-managerial models
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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Quick loss of Competitive Advantage
[source: D’Aveni, 1995]
Launch
Exploitation
Counterattack
Period (years)
Profits from sustainable competitive advantage
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[source: D’Aveni, 1995]
The Strategy of Upsetting
The enterprise has already moved to advantage n.2
Exploitation
Counterattack
Profits from a series of repeatable actions
Period (years)
Launch
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Creation of new contexts
Imagine the future
Discontinuity(+)
(+) (+)
(+)(+)
STATE
OBJECTIVE
ACTION
EFFECT
Creative destruction
CREATIVE CAPACITY
Lever
Praise of Discontinuity: the 'Creation' Circle
[source: De Toni - Comello, 2005]
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Praise of Discontinuity
Creative disorder of :
Processes
Products/services
Organizational-managerial models
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Logic takes you from A to B. Imagination takes you everywhere. (Albert Einstein, 1955)
Imagination is the first source of human happiness
(Giacomo Leopardi, 1837)
Future belongs to those who can imagine it
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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Plan the present
Operational excellence
(+)Sharing to improve the
context
RELATIONAL CAPACITY
Lever ACTION
STATE
Imagine the future
Creative destruction
(+)
CREATIVE CAPACITY
LeverACTION
STATE
Creation of new contexts
MANAGERIAL APPROACH ENTREPRENEURIAL APPROACH
ORDER DISORDER
OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE
'Excellence' Circle'Excellence' Circle 'Creation' Circle'Creation' Circle
Cre
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sorg
aniz
atio
nC
reat
ive
diso
rgan
izat
ion
EDGE OF CHAOSEDGE OF CHAOSEDGE OF CHAOS
EFFECT EFFECT
DiscontinuityContinuity
Dynamic equilibrium at the edge of chaos
[source: De Toni - Comello, 2005]
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‘‘ExcellenceExcellence’’circlecircle
‘‘CreationCreation’’CircleCircle
EDGE OF CHAOSEDGE OF CHAOS
ORDER
DISORDER
PERFECT ORDER
CHAOTIC ORDER
CHAOTIC DISORDER DISINTEGRATION
LIFE
FOSSILIZATION
Continuity
Discontinuity
Hydraulic Analogy at the Edge of Chaos
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Between Formal and Informal Systems
FORMAL SYSTEM INFORMAL SYSTEM
PREDOMINANT SYSTEM EFFECTS
ORDER: perfect order
Structure Defined procedures e control systemslll
ConformismRisk aversionInertia
Formal system Death forfossilization
ORDER & DISORDER: chaotic order See above See below
Equilibrium between formal and informal system
Life
DISORDER: chaotic disorder lll
> Diversity > Risk propensity > Change
Informal system Death for disintegration
Undefined procedures e control systems
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DISCONTINUITY
CONTINUITY
Operational excellence
Creative destruction
order
involution (decline)
evolution (development)
Dynamic equilibrium at the edge of chaos
Disequilibrium
Creative Creative pathpath
Efficient Efficient pathpath
CREATIVE CREATIVE DISORGANIZATIONDISORGANIZATION
Towards creative disorganization
disorder
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SummaryFrom Dante to Merloni (through Santa Fe)
Operative excellence, or the praise of continuity
Creative destruction, or the praise of discontinuity
Creative disorganization, or the dynamic equilibrium between continuity and discontinuity
All things are ready, if our minds be so (Shakespeare, 1599)
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Conclusions: ready to catch the creative moment
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Dedicated to…
… the wise people
who live at the edge of chaos …
… move on, we’ll be lucky …