I have submitted two hacks (idea) on the concept of Modular Organization to Management Innovation eXchange (www.managementexchange.com) recently for the HCL MBA M-Prize competition. The hacks are for a global management competition touted to be the first in its kind. Yes, winning USD 50,000 and the opportunity to put your idea to work would be great but beyond that, and perhaps more importantly is the opportunity to connect with management innovators everywhere (try to sound all-altruistic here :P). I mean, how cool it is to have Chris Grams, former partner of Red Hat to comment on your article and is now following your tweet!
MIX is part of the effort to direct the energies of management innovators everywhere to reinvent management and from the look of it, Hamel & friends really means business. The Moonshots for Management article by Hamel published in HBR Feb 2008 is already a mind-rattling idea. This time the people behind the Moonshots really puts their reputation on the ground by getting McKinsey, Dell, Red Hat, HCL and score of widely-known firms to back the MIX project. It is still too early to tell but if successful MIX would have become management's original thoughts depository of a global scale thus cementing the legitimacy of this fledgling movement to reinvent management practices.
For me, both the MIX and particularly the Moonshots have great influence to my PhD study. It inspires my research extensively and I am truly excited by the fact that leading management voices are acknowledging management's shortcomings. But the lack of interest amongst Islamic scholars to join the debate, perhaps leading an alternate voice is disturbingly quiet. A case of disinterest or simply because management science unlike Islamic finance with all its riches, is no longer a "sexy" issue to address?
P/s; right now I've become "obsessed" with the rankings. In its early days, my hack even climbed to the top 3. But now with more than 110 entries, my hack has fallen out of the top 15. Hmm...how to get it back to the top? (vote for me!, vote for me! My hacks - Modular Organization 1.1; Enterprising with the Flow and Modular Organization 2.0; A Market for Competencies). Plan to rise to the level of Hacker and Top Mixer one day....
