Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: which of the following metaphors for organizations do you think with most oftenIntricate machine16.2%System of flux/flow22.7%Biological organism35.1%Psychic prison26%154 votes·Final results4:59 PM · Aug 4, 20164 Retweets4 Likes
David Manheim - @davidmanheim@techpolicy.social@davidmanheim·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrI must be doing this wrong; none of those make my list. I'm too used to thinking about data structures and game theory...11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @davidmanheimI just had room for 4 options. Data structures= digital machine. Game theory= politics in Morgan's set http://ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/13/the-eight-metaphors-of-organization/…3
mtraven@mtraven·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrAbstraction Boundary http://erights.org/talks/categories/categories.html…1
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @mtravenI think that would fit within the flux metaphor, at least the way Gareth Morgan describes it. As a sort of vortex boundary reified
Anthony Di Franco@dfko_0·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrideal is flux / flow in biological organism, current reality is usually intricate machine w/ psychic prison cnstrnng degrees of freedom11
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 5, 2016Replying to @ricphillipsTry Morgan, these are 4 of the 8. You might change your mind: http://ribbonfarm.com/2010/07/13/the-eight-metaphors-of-organization/…1
Misinformation Connoisseur Sulla@Sulla2389·Aug 4, 2016Replying to @vgrI think of organizations in terms of their incentive structures. None of the options fit well.