Thursday, June 13, 2002

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What is Ray Ozzie reading to make sense of a dangerous world ? Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime, and Militancy. The book argues that terrorist groups such as Al Qaeda are near-perfect embodiments of a networked organization. Ozzie explains: In the battle against small, dispersed organizations, it is unlikely that the massive, centralized organization will achieve success -- but neither will the wholly decentralized organization. The winning formula is a combination of the two: an organization that can use tremendous force when necessary, even as it enables specialist groups to work together in a decentralized manner.