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To: Frank A. Coluccio who wrote (5202)	2/8/1999 10:23:00 AM
From: Jay Lowe	Respond to of 29970

>> ATHM and the telcos are two separate species of animal life. I think about how some organizations have a powerful intraculture. Microsoft comes to mind. Everybody (!?) at speaks the same language, communicates through mail with the same rituals, has access to a common worldview (whether or not they agree with it, they understand it and find it compelling). These factors and others add up to a high degree of internal efficiency at meeting goals. Then I think about subcultures within an organization. Some organizations are more homogeneous than others. The main MS campus has high homogeneity. I hallucinate the following: - ATHM has an efficient intraculture - ATHM is relatively homogeneous - XCIT is similar and similar to ATHM - ATHM and XCIT can merge into one homogeneous culture I wonder about: - how do my hallucinations match reality? - what is T's corporate culture like? - will the ATHM/T interface remain efficient as it becomes larger? I'm casting about in the space of human factors ...