{"id":8102,"date":"2024-01-07T14:39:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:39:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/?p=8102"},"modified":"2024-01-07T14:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-07T13:41:53","slug":"richard-rumelts-attractors-and-microwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/07\/richard-rumelts-attractors-and-microwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Rumelt&#8217;s attractors and microwaves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Wardley Mapping contains the concept of &#8220;practice&#8221; and the climatic pattern of &#8220;co-evolution of practice&#8221;. But for forecasting purposes I always see it better with the concept of attractor created by Richard Rumelt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have drawn an example, that I hope it&#8217;s clear. The microwave existed since the 40s, but they became popular in the 80s when the women incorporated to the labor market massively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"915\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-5.png\" alt=\"Rumelt's attractors and the microwaves\" class=\"wp-image-8103\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-5.png 915w, https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-5-300x229.png 300w, https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-5-768x586.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 915px) 100vw, 915px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a co-evolution of practice or we can also say that an attractor showed up. We can see in both ways. In this example, the co-evolution of practice took 40 years!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the market, technological disruption (microwave) alone, does not work (it also apply to Generative &#8211; AI): you have to build the &#8220;signals listening mechanisms&#8221; that enable you to understand how you can fit your product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rumelt suggests that when you are in the fog of change (uncertainty), you need mental guideposts to orient. These mental guideposts can be: raising costs, change of regulation or new attractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Wardley Maps the guideposts are mainly the climatic patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The identification of attractors is very well done in some industries (for instance retail, advertisement) and have space for improvement in other (for instance: car industry).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Takeaways<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you in possession of a technological disruption? then, my suggestion is build &#8220;signals listening mechanisms&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How? Dig into the Rumelt&#8217;s attractors or look into the Wardley&#8217;s climatic patterns. Both can be your guideposts in the fog of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-6-1024x650.png\" alt=\"Climatic Patterns\" class=\"wp-image-8104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-6-1024x650.png 1024w, https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-6-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-6-768x487.png 768w, https:\/\/joapen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/image-6.png 1070w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wardley Mapping contains the concept of &#8220;practice&#8221; and the climatic pattern of &#8220;co-evolution of practice&#8221;. 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