1/ There have only been ~6 true innovations in management in 200 years. The rest is executive therapy. I'll share my list with one caveat...
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2/ ...Caveat: to count by my definition it is a management innovation if it changes game rules. Improvements in playing strategy excluded.
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3/ ...As a result, each legit innovation reflects a change in boundary conditions/external forces. Not internal. So most due to govt, tech.
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7/ IV. Defined and explicitly documented processes over guild secrets.
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9/ VI. Theory Y (MaGregor): that people might work better when NOT policed and given autonomy instead.
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12/ What makes this kind of list useful is that you can filter potential *new* innovations. Only one makes the cut: blockchain.
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13/ The blockchain is the apotheosis of a brewing management innovation that has two key elements.
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