“The Great Unscaling – the time is now – or not?”

[Paul Terlemezian]

From Unscaled by Hemant Taneja with Kevin Maney

“Throughout the twentieth century, technology and economics drove a dominant logic: bigger was almost always better. Around the world the goal was to build bigger corporations, bigger hospitals, bigger governments, bigger schools and banks and farms and electric grids and media conglomerates. It was smart to scale up – to take advantage of classic economies of scale.

In the twenty-first century, technology and economics are driving the opposite – an unscaling of business and society. This is far more profound than just upstarts disrupting established firms. The dynamic is in the process of unraveling all the previous century’s scale into hyperfocused markets. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a wave of AI-propelled technologies are allowing innovators to effectively compete against economies of scale with what I call the economies of unscale. This huge shift is remaking massive, deeply rooted industries such as energy, transportation, and healthcare, opening up fantastic possibilities for entrepreneurs, imaginative companies, and resourceful individuals.”

This session will be unveil an experimental Georgia LEARNS format.

• 8:00 to 9:00 AM Eastern USA - Open Conversation and Review of Format
• 9:15 to 10:00 AM – Prepare for Scaling
• 10:00 to 10:45 AM – Prepare for Unscaling
• 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM "The Great Unscaling - the time is now - or not?" (The “Debate”)
• 5:00 to 5:30 PM - Review of what we learned today.

Click here Pluralism%20Format.docx  for a preview of the experimental format.