Research Notes No.107 | Dependence Between the Personal OS and the Organizational OS

Why People Who Adapt Too Deeply to an Organization Lose Freedom During Organizational Change 1. Problem Awareness People often gain stability by adapting deeply to a large Organizational OS, such as a company, a state, or a community. If a person belongs to a company, they receive income.If they have a position, they receive social … Read more

Research Case: Why the Success or Failure of Governance Depends Not on Institutions but on the Awareness of Those Who Operate Them

1. Question Why does the success or failure of governance depend not on the formal design of institutions themselves, but on the awareness of the actors who operate them? 2. Abstract A Three-Layer Analysis (TLA) reading of Zhenguan Zhengyao shows that the success or failure of state governance is not determined simply by whether institutions … Read more

Research Case: Forced Promises, Good Faith, and OS Health

1. Core Question Is Machiavelli’s proposition — “forced promises do not need to be kept” — really correct? 2. Abstract In Chapter 42 of Book III of Discourses, Machiavelli presents the proposition that forced promises do not need to be kept.However, a promise is not merely a spoken statement. It is the visible form of … Read more