In the Industrial Age, people were cogs. Manpower plans would be made, and the man-power adapted like the horse-power and the steam-power.
Today people are not cogs any more. Still many executives still forget that. Read this instructive post from the Harvard Business Review, people are not cogs.
Industrial Age culture was very much about considering people as replaceable production elements. Collaborative Age culture is about considering each person as a unique capability that might not be so easily replaced, in particular when it comes to team dynamics.
What do you observe in your organizations or environment? Do you see a trend toward the Collaborative Age view or do you feel the Industrial Age mindset is still very strong?
