This:

I remain interested in the challenges of making organizations better places for real people to work in and still believe that the effective use of technology makes a difference. I suspect that large organizations are nearing the end of their useful life and that the evolution toward new forms will continue to be painful and noisy. I worry about leaders and executives who choose to ignore facts and who can’t or won’t distinguish between the theory of evolution and the theory of who shot JFK.

…. inspires me, as I have as often as not felt it was more like tilting at windmills than anything else.

It will be interesting to watch and see just how long the “command-and-control” philosophy remains in place as the dominant model for efficiency and responsiveness.

I tend to prefer “champion-and-channel”, as in champion new / innovative ideas (or just what works best) and channel resources to the idea until the concept is proven or crucial ineffectiveness is exposed.

Keep on keeping on .. here’s to another 5.