The evolution from a material economy toward a knowledge economy implies a shift in the balance between explicit and tacit elements of work. If we take arbitrarily the law of 80/20, it is possible to says that:
• In the early 20th century (Taylor), activity was made of 80% of explicit elements and […]

Knowledge being by definition immaterial, it is consequently non measurable. And we know that “what you can’t measure, you can’t manage”. Right. Here is the major issue organisations face with the emergence of knowledge as the pivotal element of value creation. The “knowledge economy” appears as a mere oxymoron.
In reality, the solution is to rematerialise […]

Note: this post can be read for itself, but might appears “out of the blue” as it relates to a more grounded argumentation in the French section of my blog. In fact it is principally here to sustain a conversation held through another post.
 
For ages, there has been collusion between cost and value, created by […]