In 1987, Nobel Prize-winning American economist Robert Solow famously said: “ You can see the computer age everywhere, except in productivity statistics. This observation, known as “ Solow's paradox ”, highlighted the discrepancy between...
The notion of productivity has its roots in the Industrial Revolution, a time when increased yields thanks to mechanization transformed the way goods were...
Some time ago, I had a sharp disagreement with someone about the advantages and disadvantages of formal organization and, beyond that, formalized operating procedures.
My interlocutor argued...
Hierarchy as a factor of organizational complication
When we talk about pyramids, we're of course talking about the hierarchical pyramid, which is the culprit behind...