Institutional memory is important in any organization, but so are fresh ideas.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Any institution faces two basic choices if they hope to spark new ideas. One is to leverage the brains trust within their organization by creating a special event dedicated to new thinking. The other is to look outside themselves to stimulate solutions.
An idea or institution may arise for one reason and be maintained for quite a different reason.
An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.
The 'politics of memory' policy appears to work largely by insinuation.
I think history is collective memories. In writing, I'm using my own memory, and I'm using my collective memory.
History's lesson is to make the most of reform opportunities when they arise because they do not arise often and they do not last long.
I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
History is information. Memory is part of your identity.
What will become compellingly important is absolute clarity of shared purpose and set of principles of conduct sort of institutional genetic code that every member of the organization understands in a common way, and with deep conviction.
There's a preoccupation with memory and the operation of memory and a rather rapacious interest in history.