Dimensions of Change - a Better Picture of Disruption

Authors:
A. V. Lewis;G. Cosier;P. M. Hughes
Affiliations:
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Venue:
BT Technology Journal
Year:
2001

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Abstract

For many decades, all kinds of technological change have been debated and analysed at length. Conventional thinking has focused on how technical impact changes with time, typically describing an S-shaped curve. The authors believe this approach is useful but narrow. Greater insight into events and their motivating factors can be found, especially for dramatic or disruptive kinds of change. This is possible by literally adding another dimension to the thinking and to the diagram, producing a 'phase-space' picture of the impact of technology. Examples of this approach are discussed.