The Tip of the Iceberg

The following video is a virtual choir of 200 voices from 12 countries that were brought together by conductor/composer Eric Whitacre. The project has all the attributes of what we expect of networked organizations: Disintermediation of space and time, asynchronous collaboration, granular well-specified tasks, and modularity. If this can be done, what else could we do? Is this the tip of the iceberg?

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Philipp Müller works in the IT industry and is academic dean of the SMBS. Author of "Machiavelli.net". Proud father of three amazing children. The views expressed in this blog are his own.

26. March 2010 by Philipp
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    philippmueller says March 26, 2010 at 8:32 am

    Is Eric Whitacre an anti-leader? He is not empowering, but exact in his specifications to “followers.” However, he does not know ex ante who the followers are. Is his a turbulent world in the BCG sense? No, his world does not need adaptiveness… So for this specific project context is stabilized. PILS:
    Process: compose tune, break up the musical experience into pieces, do a film with the conductor, receive the voices, splice them together, do the film.
    Interface: allow people to send in their videos.
    Legitimacy: get people excited about being part of a choral experience.
    Scale: go from 20 to 200 to 200.000 (automatize the process).