There's an interesting article at
http://www.fibersource.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=Coyt5WcObzM90A that
discusses the evolution of startup companies, particularly in today's "web
time" world. The author presents a 3-stage model, characterized by
"commandos", "infantry", and "police" as the driving forces.
Clearly, in the evolution from startup to successful (at least initially)
competitor, the organization has to learn. Does that make it a kind of LO
as envisioned by Senge? Or is this a different kind of learning? In
either case, are there patterns and/or principles that can be abstracted
from the experiences of these companies, that would be useful to more than
just startups?
--Don Dwiggins "Experience is what you get when SEI Information Technology you were expecting something else." d.l.dwiggins@computer.org -- Seen on an office wall
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