From closed systems to open systems: a change of vision in the economy and beyond - 2024 Lectio of Paolo Zanenga at Ianua High School

April, 2024

How can we enact the unexpected? In a socio-cultural-economic context that is going through a profound transversal crisis of its consolidated models, in the new Lectio Magistralis to be held in February at Ianua High School, Paolo Zanenga, President of Diotima Society, will start from the themes discussed in the previous Lectio of January 2023 to outline the ways to bridging the transition.
The topic will be tackled with a historical approach, describing the turning points that have taken place in management, in the economy, and in the social sphere, as well as discussing how these changes have led to the primacy of innovation among economic processes, and shifted capitals from closed systems (such as the firm - model of the machine) to open systems (such as platform - model of the living.