Research Center · 03 · Outer World
Infrastructure
Understanding the systems supporting organisations and societies.
To understand transformation, we must first understand the structures that make it possible.
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What we explore
The anatomy of complex systems: industrial and physical infrastructure, production and logistics networks, organisational systems, operational dependencies and the distribution of resources.
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Why it matters
Infrastructure is the layer that allows organisations, industries and societies to function. Most transformations succeed or fail on it, and much of it was designed for conditions that have since changed.
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What drives our curiosity
- 01Which dependencies make a system fragile, and how can they be reduced?
- 02When is modernisation better than replacement?
- 03How can resilience be designed into a network from the start?
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Where innovation may emerge
In the modernisation of existing systems, in resilient network design and in organisational structures that keep complex operations coordinated.
Research focus
- Industrial infrastructure
- Organisational systems
- Production networks
- Logistics infrastructure
- Physical infrastructure
- Operational dependencies
- Resource distribution
- System resilience
- Infrastructure modernisation