Installation Period
2 of our books define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.
the beginning of a new technological revolution. Marked by large amounts of financial capital, such as venture capital, being deployed to leverage the new technological system that has formed a critical mass of technology, companies, and access to capital that disrupts the organizations that were established in the previous technological revolution.
— Project to Product, Mik Kersten
the Installation Period of a technological revolution, when an entirely new ecosystem blossoms around the breakthroughs in production.
— Output to Outcome, in “Chapter 0: Foundations”, Mik Kersten
See also Deployment Period · Age of Mass Production · alignment index · cost center · flow velocity · Kondratiev waves
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