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Month: August 2008
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Complex Organizational Systems
2 comments on Complex Organizational SystemsThe study of complex systems has been a common arc in my career. It started with physics at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, where I was studying complex natural systems – atomic and molecular physics in particular. Later on, when I joined IBM Research and became a computer scientist, my main research interests…
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Like so many around the world, I was transfixed by the spectacular opening ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. From everything I had read I was expecting a grand spectacle – two years in the making, at a cost of a few hundred million dollars, with more than 15,000 performers. In particular, I was really…
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In most companies, just about all the cards are stacked against the nurturing of innovation, especially the kinds of new ideas and disruptive innovations that generally lead to major changes in the marketplace and within the business. Is that too pessimistic a view? Perhaps. Let me discuss some of the behaviors I have observed through…
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Every two years, leaders of the computer sciences community from universities and research labs come together in Snowbird, a ski and summer resort in Utah, for what has become known as the Snowbird conference. This year, I was invited to speak in the opening session. So, a few weeks ago, I got up very early…