How do you think about your company?
Is it an engine of growth or profit? Engines are mechanical contrivances that have parts designed to work in concert with each other to produce motion. What are the implications of such a model for how your company would organize itself? How would such a company behave?
Is it a human body? Human bodies are partly engines but they also include an executive function that defines the purpose for the body’s motion and monitors its progress. Human bodies also tend to be more adaptive than other engines (though that doesn’t necessarily have to be so). How would this company organize itself and behave?
What if a company was like a mind? A mind gathers and makes sense of information. It plans, measures and adjusts. It identifies patterns. It provides direction. How would this company organize itself and behave.
Food for thought…
