"The machine metaphor led to the belief that if we can only arrange the separate parts and their..."

“The machine metaphor led to the belief that if we can only arrange the separate parts and their contributions in the right way, we optimize efficiency. The demands of work are different now: how efficient an organization is reflects the number of links people have and the quality of the links to the contexts of value creation, the things that matter. We are beginning to see the world in terms of relations.
How many handshakes separate people from each other from the things that matter most?”

- Esko Kilpi, A minimum viable organization

from Stowe Boyd http://stoweboyd.com/post/131454665377