Leituras e viagens

Lendo "From systems to ecosystems" de Esko Kilpi encontro:

"In the past, the influence of external forces on business was not significant. The industrial factory was a fairly simple, isolated machine. ... Being efficient and productive inside the system was enough to prosper.
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The assumptions of industrial management are not suited to today’s business environment. In contrast to the industrial era, when value was added primarily in the repetitive manufacturing processes,[Moi ici: Mongo versus Magnitogrado]  value is today created elsewhere, outside of the old industrial system. Value is co-created in the context of usage through customizable, reconfigurable and more or less unique solutions aggregated by the customer, not the manufacturer. There are no consumers any more!
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Linear methods of management are not effective in a complex environment."

Que relacionei logo com o que tinha lido em Spender:

"one of the more compelling research findings relating to Chandler’s strategy and structure ideas was Burns and Stalker’s assertion that in stable market conditions strategists should focus on administrative efficiency, but in dynamic market conditions on loosening up the structure and allowing “organic” responses."

O qual me motivou a ir à fonte e ao subcapítulo "Mechanistic and Organic Systems".
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Para, por fim, recordar o zeitgeist leadership do anónimo engenheiro de província e fechar a viagem em "Armando Almeida quer a PT Portugal focada na liderança, inovação e eficiência".