How Institutions Think
Can institutions really think? Or are they simply a collection of processes and organisational structures that, on their own, have no greater capacity for evolution than the people who happen to be leading them at any given time? For centuries, thinking has been regarded as one of the defining characteristics of individual human beings. We...
Read MoreFrom Organisations to Cognitive Institutions
Why organisations are no longer enough to sustain the process of growth and the structure required for the development of our society, and to ensure that we equip our organisations with inherent and permanent learning mechanisms to guarantee their future evolution and coherence For more than a century, organisations have been understood primarily as administrative...
Read MoreWhy Institutions Must Learn
Learning has become an imperative both for the people and for the organisational structures that make up today’s management and governance institutions For most of history, institutions have been designed around the principle of stability. Governments, courts, universities, public administrations and international organisations have derived much of their legitimacy from their ability to preserve continuity...
Read MoreWhat Is Institutional Cognition?
We live surrounded by institutions that shape our lives, yet we rarely ask how they actually think Public institutions are often described through their legal powers, organisational structures or administrative responsibilities. Yet beneath these visible characteristics lies another dimension that is rarely discussed: their capacity to perceive reality, interpret complex information, preserve knowledge over time...
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