1/ Client of mine has a theory that all orgs have phantom heads: they act like long-gone founders are still there. This is a great insight.
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2/ They are cargo cults built around cryptic-magic people rather than cryptic-magic technology
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3/ This means that post-founder organization is not just an ingrained set of habits adapted to founder style of leadership
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4/ Since org embodies *incorrect* theory of its own functioning based on misunderstanding founder, its continued evolution is *irrational*
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Media Lab is a huge example of that. Weird double-image of years-passed Negroponte-era with current regime’s different values/policies.
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