A batch of the best highlights from what Lukas's read, .
Rather than owning assets or workforces and incrementally seeing a return on those assets, ExOs leverage external resources to achieve their objectives. For example, they maintain a very small core of employees and facilities, allowing enormous flexibility as margins soar. They enlist their customers and leverage offline and online communities in everything from product design to application development. They float atop the existing and emerging infrastructure rather than trying to own it.
Exponential Organizations
Salim Ismail, Michael S. Malone, Yuri van Geest
Some breakthroughs are a long time in the making, but when they hit shore, they’re often well worth the wait.
The Ten Faces of Innovation
Tom Kelley, Jonathan Littman
It is also worth noting that this quotation by Wayland evinces no Puritan anxiety about falling into greed, idleness, or the worship of mammon. Nor is there any republican fear about the effeminizing effect of luxury.