Unfettered controlism cripples organizational vitality.  Adaptability,
whether in the biological or commercial realm, requires experimentation—and experiments are more likely to go wrong than right—a scary reality for those charged with excising inefficiencies.  Truly innovative ideas are, by definition, anomalous, and therefore likely to be viewed skeptically in a conformance-obsessed culture.  Engagement is also negatively correlated with control. Shrink an individual’s scope of authority, and you shrink their incentive to dream, imagine and contribute.  It’s absurd that an adult can
make a decision to buy a $20,000 car, but at work can’t requisition a $200 office chair without the boss’s sign-off.

Learnt also in the Urban Mill Ecosystem:
”Make no mistake: control is important, as is alignment, discipline and
accountability—but freedom is equally important. If an organization is going to outrun the future, individuals need the freedom to bend the rules, take risks, go around channels, launch experiments, and pursue their passions. Unfortunately, managers often see control and freedom as mutually exclusive—as ideological rivals like communism and capitalism, rather than as ideological complements like mercy and justice. As long as control is exalted at the expense of freedom, our organizations will remain incompetent at their core.

There’s no other way to put it: bureaucracy must die. We must find a way to reap the blessings of bureaucracy—precision, consistency, and predictability—while at the same time killing it. Bureaucracy, both architecturally and ideologically, is incompatible with the demands of the 21st century.”

”Over the five days of the congress the best of all building and construction experts in the world, both in and outside the CIB community, are brought together through professional and academic papers, presentations of best practices or significant case studies, posters, training materials, product presentations, round tables, special sessions and workshops.

At the same time digitalization continues to transform the industry and the education of students, professionals and researchers alike. Professional and social networks are dramatically changing existing communication patterns and information sharing paradigms in the way we live, practice, conduct research, and educate students in the domain of construction engineering and management and beyond. As a reflection of current integrated practice and project delivery, these technologies are also allowing for better communication among construction owners, architects, engineers, construction managers, subcontractors, consultants, and facility managers.”

Student presentations from the 2014 CS0024 Systems Thinking 1 course, with a focus on the future of Otaniemi campus area.

Systems thinking 1 (Creative sustainability) – Wrap-up video