Abstract

In a great many instances a radical redesign of the system, including the organizational superstructure, is less onerous and more effective than fixing the year 2000 computer bug. Fixing the technical problem is an exercise in solidifying the status quo.
 

Biography

Wladimir Sachs holds a PhD in Social Systems Science from the Wharton School, where he subsequently was a faculty member and director of the Busch Center. He also was a Visiting Professor at Erasmus University in the Netherlands, a high tech enterpreneur, and a mangement consultant. He is a research associate at the  GW Research Program in Social and Organizational Learning.