We claim that a design lock-in may have occurred over the last 50 years which will need concerted effort to be unlocked and realigned to suit the emerging long-term mission paradigm.
I've read the Jaron Lanier book that you mention, which I thought was fascinating – I think one of the bits that's stuck with me, and would also seem to be relevant to the way you work, is his concept of design "lock-in", where keeping up with new technology actually ends up shepherding the creation process along quite restrictive lines.
However, this can be seen as a form of 'transformational' rebound effect, where vehicle design locks drivers into fast driving styles.
He explained to Lin that he was afraid that calls to list the building as a World Heritage site might lead to its being preserved with all the mutilations to its original design locked in place forever.
360-degree swivel design locks in place.
I call this insecurity engineering, and it results from a lack of expertise in methods of entry by engineers when they design locks.
It had been like any other day together -- tearing down, building up, shaping and reshaping land according to some master design locked away inside his head.
But because efficiency, by design, locks in roles, processes and practices, it also makes it much harder to change.... are definitely applicable to charities.
The proximal 4 cm part of the new design locked intramedullary ulna nails is tubular and distal section is in solid form (Fig. 2).
With regard to increasing returns, a high level of initial financial and technical investments into a particular institutional design locks an institution onto a particular path, even when subsequent inefficiencies emerge [ 19, 31].
The biggest difference is a specially designed locking mechanism which would not allow the feathering to be activated except at the right time.
