Shirky Principle

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconpreserve the problem
Executive Parlanceinstitutional preservation
Scholarly Discourseproblem-solution dependency
Babel ZenithShirky Principle
Origin: Clay Shirky

Etymology & Meaning

Institutions try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.

In the Boardroom

Incumbents resisting innovation that would make them obsolete.

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