4 ∎ BEYOND
From Traditional to Evolutionary
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness,
it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything before us, we had nothing before us,
we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.
—A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens
In the first chapter, we shared stories of an emergency meeting from the perspective of traditional and evolutionary organizations to give you a feel for the dichotomy this book is exploring. In this chapter, we continue to contrast traditional organizations ...
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