Review of January
1983 Economic Strategy for Management Center Development |
An exposition of Stage One and Stage Two economics
Stage One is the cost and profit of building a Management
Center, while Stage Two addresses the wealth that is
generated through the operation of the Management Center. |
The Difference
Between Night and Day |
An exposition on the creative process--how it can be
managed and not controlled--and the ramifications of this
insight to the network. |
Documentation:
Symbols and Glyphs |
A vision of the new cognitive and symbolic language
that MG Taylor is creating which will allow individuals,
groups and enterprises to grasp the complexity of
situations more easily, and thereby facilitate their
solution. |
The Management
Center as Information Factory |
The definition and illustration of how DesignShops in
Management Centers manage the flow of information within
the human creative process to develop a knowledge
industry. Introduces the concept of the Knowledge Center. |
The Modern
Attitude |
A listing and discussion of the major "why it
won't work" blocks to safely navigating the global
transition state. The blocks themselves are only
symptomatic of a deeply entrenched and hidden
"modern attitude" which the DesignShop has been
crafted to hold captive long enough to break the closed
loop cycle. |
The Management
Center Network |
The vision of a global network of Management Centers
and a discussion of the transition state leading to the
attainment of the vision. Also a warning of some of the
pitfalls. |
The Transition
Economy |
A clear description of the shift that we are
currently undergoing on a global level. Includes a
specific response and application directed towards a
banking industry DesignShop client. |
Premises Regarding
the Knowledge Economy |
Eight points that collectively challenge the current
premises by which we manage enterprises and knowledge and
simultaneously give us a new mindset as a replacement to
steer us in our personal transitions. |
The Problem of
Language, Art, Tradition and Discipline in Business |
"In business, despite its pretensions, and
despite the sub-disciplines it employs, there is lacking
a precise language, art, tradition and discipline. In
short, business and management is not a craft. It does
not have or constitute a practice." |
Management
Center Vision 2007 |
This document is the result of a personal visioning
exercise that Matt and Gail did on the future of Taylor
Associates from the vantage point of 2007 looking
backwards 25 years to 1982. The document is interesting
for the vision it depicts of the Anticipatory Management
Center that was build in Boulder, Colorado in 1982 and
also for uncovering the similarities and differences
between that time and our time. It's also a window on our
rich and challenging history--the struggles, triumphs and
sacrifices that have allowed all of us in the network to
share in the growth and wealth-creating use of this
fascinating tool. |