A thought that came to mind a while ago.
Humans and companies are quite alike in a certain way. Both need fats in order to be able to give birth to the next generation.
For humans, females need a certain level of body fat in order to have normal reproductive functions. When there is not enough fat, reproductive functions cease, which means they cannot give birth to the next generation.
Similarly, companies need fats (not the oily kind, but as in having some form of abundance or excess of something) so that they can devote part of their resources towards training and education to nurture their next generation of people. If companies are so caught up in the day-to-day work that they have no time or money to put into nurturing their people, they will not be able to sustain their operations.
While this is a simple analogy, I think it shows how important having some form of abundance is. This even shows itself in artificial societies. In the Sugarscape model, agents need to gather a certain amount of resources before they can "reproduce". This is the "excess/abundance" that we see in the real world, whether biological or financial. A good reminder for myself in any future research into artificial societies.
Humans and companies are quite alike in a certain way. Both need fats in order to be able to give birth to the next generation.
For humans, females need a certain level of body fat in order to have normal reproductive functions. When there is not enough fat, reproductive functions cease, which means they cannot give birth to the next generation.
Similarly, companies need fats (not the oily kind, but as in having some form of abundance or excess of something) so that they can devote part of their resources towards training and education to nurture their next generation of people. If companies are so caught up in the day-to-day work that they have no time or money to put into nurturing their people, they will not be able to sustain their operations.
While this is a simple analogy, I think it shows how important having some form of abundance is. This even shows itself in artificial societies. In the Sugarscape model, agents need to gather a certain amount of resources before they can "reproduce". This is the "excess/abundance" that we see in the real world, whether biological or financial. A good reminder for myself in any future research into artificial societies.
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