October 22, 2016 – The Parrot Pirate LAB

Today we interviewed Amy, who lived in Iceland twice at a host family for quite some time a couple of years ago. PI: How did you end up 2 times in Iceland? In my teenage years, I listened to heavy metal music and I have always wanted to go to a Scandinavian country to get[…]


Individuals get a lot of power in vertical organisations.	A (more) horizontal organisation improves interaction and happiness
People mistakenly think a vertical structure is more efficient because of the clear single authority, but individuals get a lot of power in a vertical structure and in practice, you can not underestimate how fast this power gets abused and makes people communicate less, lose creativity and ultimately makes them less happy.	In a (more) horizontal organisation, power is divided among many people and it avoids abuse of power by individuals. Moreover, it boosts creativity and knowledge sharing across different domains. Through a common vision and good communication methods, a horizontal structure does not need to be chaotic, but can be very structured.
= Politics Today	= Wanted Politics
Our representative democracy gives a lot of power to the heads of political parties as they are vertically structured, trying to assemble their power. In the parliament, politicians vote according to their party, which puts the power with the head of parties trying to win votes in the media and creating short-term compromises. Result: We live in a particracy.	Politics is an interaction between a lot of different facets of our lives and as such needs this creativity and knowledge sharing to be relevant. Bringing in horizontal structures allows everyone to think about long-term solutions. This means changing the system such that we think bottom-up in function of the people. Politics should become the people.

Day: October 22, 2016

Icelandic Pirate adventures