coordination
organizations; organizational design; systems
coordination
How Japan ignored climate critics and built a global natural gas empire
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Every six hours, somewhere in the world, an LNG shipment controlled by a Japanese company leaves a port. However, these tankers are only the tip of the iceberg
A thread 🧵
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So beautiful
and he was yet again correct just one year later
Economic Complexity measures a country's knowledge and capabilities. It reflects the depth of expertise within a society. For instance, activities like gold mining require less specialized knowledge and a relatively small workforce compared to other industries.
Yaw • 5 Questions You May Have asked: What is Economic Complexity and Which Countries are Increasing Their Economic Complexity?
less coordination is required for less economically complex tasks
"Any organization that designs a system (defined broadly) will produce a design whose structure is a copy of the organization's communication structure."–Marvin Conway
Wikipedia • Conway's law
When organizations are very small, individuals matter most. But when organizations grow larger, the system - its structure and dynamics - comes to dominate the analysis.
Alex Komoroske • Coordination Headwind - How Organizations Are Like Slime Molds
Open this picture. It illustrates the EXTENT of Japan's dominance in the LNG supply chain
👉 A Japanese company produces the shale gas
👉 Gas is sent to an LNG plant partially owned by a Japanese company
👉 LNG is loaded on a ship built and owned by a Japanese company
👉 The ship is controlled by a Japanese company, which sends it to Thailand
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Any altruistic system is inherently unstable, because it is open to abuse by selfish individuals, ready to exploit it.
Richard Dawkins • The Selfish Gene
