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The Lifespan of a Company

"if you look at them in the light of their potential, most commercial corporations are dramatic failures?or, at best, underachievers. "
Defining the Living Company

"Like all organisms, the living company exists primarily for its own survival and improvement."
The Shift from Capitalism to a Knowledge Society

"The dichotomy between profits and longevity is false."
When Success Is Based on Learning

"From a learning orientation, the nurturing of people and the nurturing of capital reinforce each other."
The Memory of the Future

"An open and extroverted management will perceive whatever is happening outside much earlier."
Changing to Match the Outside World

"Continuous, fundamental changes in the external world?a turbulent business environment?require continuous management for change in the company. "
Dealing with the Future Can Never Be Delegated

"the managers and the companies still do not respond in timely fashion to that future, even after it has occurred."
Decision Making as a Learning Activity

"Decisions grow in the topsoil of formal and informal conversation?sometimes structured (as in board meetings and the budget process), sometimes technical (devoted to implementation of specific plans or practices), and sometimes ad hoc. "
The Problems with Conventional Learning

"You already have a learning organization."
The Persona of a Company

"Assets are just dead objects."
Managing for Profit or for Longevity

"A company, by initiating rules for continuity and motion of its people, can emulate the longevity and power of the river."
The Benefits of Flocking

"Innovation, Social Propagation, Mobility."
The Tolerant Company

"Ecology does not only concern the relationship between a company and its surroundings."
Balancing Freedom and Control

"Nowadays, almost everybody is in favor of decentralization, but few dare risk the accompanying loss of control."
The Corporate Immune System

"The corporate body needs an immune system which can treat different types of intruders appropriately."
Conservatism in Financing

"Long-lived companies know that having money in hand means that they have flexibility and independence of action, when competitors do not."
Power: Nobody Should Have Too Much

"The centralization of power is inappropriate for the operation of a living company."
The Living Company Needs New Governance

"We need a system of corporate governance that provides continuity"
 


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The Living Company
Arie de Geus

Harvard Business School Press
1997
Copyright (c) by Longview Publishing Limited.


Biography: Arie de Geus worked for the Royal Dutch/Shell Group for 38 years, from 1951 to 1989, one three continents. In 1978 he returned to the United Kingdom to assume regional responsibility for Shell's businesses in Africa and South Asia. In 1981 he headed Group Planning, which did pioneering work in scenario planning, in the nature and decision-making processes of large corporations, and in the management of change. From 1981 to 1998 de Geus was also chairman of the Netherlands-British Chamber of Commerce. The Queen of The Netherlands appointed him an officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau in 1988. He is a founding member of the Global Business Network.

Since his retirement, he has advised many government and private institutions and has lectured throughout the world, as well as accepting appointments as visiting fellow at London Business School and as a board member of both the Centre for Organizational Learning at MIT and the Nijenrode Learning Center in The Netherlands.

Mr. de Geus's publications include an influential article entitled "Planning as Learning" in the Harvard Business Review (1988) and a lecture entitled "Companies, What Are They?" published by the Royal Society of Arts, London (1995).

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    • High Performance Implementation Michael Tushman, John Cotter, David Nadler, William Lee, Stanley Brown, Charles Handy, Jeffrey Pfeffer, Joseph Rosse, Robert Levin
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