London Bridge is falling down!

I don't think the "firm" as we know it today is going to last much longer. It hasn't been around that long, and I don't think it will go much further. It is on it's last legs. Employees are moving further and further away from customers, and back-office is considered paradise for the geeks.

The best form of organization is the village.

A village doesn't have employees, it has blacksmiths, and carpenters and painters and tailors and hoteliers and dancers and policemen. You know, people with talents and names and careers...not merely employee numbers

A village
...... doesn't issue Employee Stock Options
...... always serves its economic good
...... can expand and grow into a city
...... can contract into a has-been, drive-through hamlet
...... always shares profits with the villagers
...... will always reap what it has sown in real-time

I don't think the large, networked organization is going to collapse in a gory, violent fashion. Simply put, it will be out-run and eventually displaced in a non-violent, elegant fashion.

Sure, size does matter. Tell that to T Rex.