A significant portion of my life has been ruled by the need to stay ahead of the competition, and so it came as no surprise that I was almost chocked by a hot waruu the other day, when I found out that someone had opened a business similar to one that my organization was running.

Amid the rage and moist eyes, I managed to convince myself that our business units retained various competencies and that all was well.

But every time I saw the new business I could feel tension rising within.

So yesterday I decided to confront my demons.

The results were surprising. First, I discovered that the new business meant that demand for the services we were offering was significant and that by having another business offering the services next to our establishment meant an opportunity to have even more customers.

Again, by having another player in the market, our organization had now acquired a new and very significant resource- time. We could now broaden the range of products offered.

Ah! So the new business was not competition as such, it was a much needed collaboration! So all this time I was chocking I was actually poisoning myself!

That was when I realized that talk about competition is so out of sync with nature! Especially when looking at organizations with rich knowledge and technology bases!

Even the idea that one should change or rearrange operating environment to suit his needs is an error. Nature is designed to work for us even without alterations.

That is, even the idea that Man will fall into a state of nature without government is not true. In fact, it is government that promotes this state of nature that is insecure and lawless.

And as for calls for anarchism and or the prevention of; I say it is just but a red herring to keep humanity in perpetual chains.

One can look but not see, if there's no light.

And when one sees the light and discovers his identity, he also discovers his multiplicity. He is his neighbor.

So he can love his neighbor as he loves himself.

And his alternatives become, 'to heal' or 'to corrupt'.

So healing comes from within, and without.

Essyk, the question of government and its nature must be answered now.

As we experience so do we disintegrate. So we must have a chain that goes like this; identity- disintegration- healing- identity . . .

When 'competition' comes we disintegrate. Will healing come with 'distinctive competence'?

No. Why? Because distinctive competence means more disintegration, while healing is about integration.

@essyk - I think man is unsettled until he finds he's true identity.Individually I don't think an organization can change its operating environment but together they do. All the time.

I like your approach tycho. Organizations are considered legal entities and you analyzing them as humans can be generally used to map its future.

Ok!!!!