Thread by @AlastairParvin

We are living in an era of zombie systems. Everyone knows they’re dysfunctional and discredited but we keep operating within them anyway, because it’s so hard to fix the game while you’re a player on the board.

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The great leaders of the 21st century will probably not be high heads of state - but those who, from within old systems finally can no longer sustain such a dissonance between their professional lives and their personal beliefs and values.

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Those with the courage to finally say “enough is enough. I’m not pedalling this cr*p anymore, but I’m not leaving either.” From within the old systems, they start imagining, testing and building new ones. Even if it’s done by sneaking just 1% of their budget onto R&D.

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Some within the old systems will kick-out in fear - but a surprising number of others, in surprisingly powerful positions, will gasp with relief.

But still only a fraction of those will have the courage to take a risk and opt-in. Others will buy fakes.

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But eventually the old systems will become so dysfunctional, so inhumane, so costly, and the new ones sufficiently ‘boring’ & low risk, that we’ll reach tipping points.

I wonder which countries, cities, companies, orgs will be the first to take a risk, and genuinely lead.

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