Is RMA the Next Big Thing?
Posted on May 19th, 2009 by MichaelSo what’s the NBT, the Next Big Thing, from the people that gave us the INTERNET?
As everyone knows, the US Defence department invented ARPANET which we now call the INTERNET.
So, if you check out RMA you might find it interesting to snoop in on current military thinking and take a look at what they’re up to. It’s called RMA …
May 24th, 2009 at 11:48 pm
The three theories of RMA can be expanded from military action to other areas of life.
The first theory focuses primarily on systemic change and the role of specific organizations within that system. It doesn’t take a great leap to notice similarities in our current economic structure. I strongly suspect other areas will follow soon enough: education, electricity, and transportation, for example. These systemic transformations will likely come from crisis, as inertia keeps current systems in place even when their coming failures are evident. During those crises is the time to leverage tenpower to its greatest benefit.
The second theory highlights the dramatic change of technologies, organizational structure, and underlying philosophies. This kind of systems analysis has been in place in other areas, and will continue to exert influence over the areas mentioned above, and others. This theory is more reactive than I’d like to be myself, but it represents how much of Western society functions.
The third theory suggests that we have not entered a revolutionary period and are not likely to do so. Today’s events are the logical points on an evolutionary path begun quite some time ago. A true “revolution” in any area will create turmoil and prove counterproductive to the system in place. While systems with perverse incentives often evolve into crisis, I’m less inclined to agree with this evolutionary theory, as I see it more related to the “clockmaker” theory of the universe from several hundred years ago. It tends to downplay the effects of free will and the desire people have to resist systems that do not align with their own personal beliefs and values.
May 19th, 2009 at 5:37 pm
Interesting thing is how to use that concept in business – to say be more responsive to customers needs, more responsive to competitors offerings etc, know what what competitors are doing.