Enablers

A lot is becoming possible that we could not achieve before. Technology advances and allows us to work in ways unheard of before. Typically, the innovations allow decentralisation and democratisation. Where organisations were strictly central during the first and second industrial revolution, authority and power has been moving away from the center afterwards. This category discusses technologies and their impacts:

  • Internet and information technology: computers are profoundly changing how we organise ourselves. The impact is extremely wide. From transparent decision making in Indian villages to telecommuting and cloud computing, we can redefine how we want to work with very little limitations in space and time.
  • Third Industrial Revolution: energy production, distribution, and usage is undergoing an unprecedented change that will impact how your organisation functions. Jeremy Rifkin’s book on this topic is a good overview, but as time passes, the impact will be visible in other places as well.