Welcome to The Editorials of Memories: ideas and reflections born from research, experimentation, fun facts, or happy accidents. We shall take a closer look at topics, concepts, or issues related to our work and to archives and memory, with sporadic references to other areas of knowledge.
Let’s get started.
Let us begin by talking about a book that our Head of Technology recommended us to read: Sense Making – Organizzare il mare dell’informazione e creare valore con le persone (Sense Making – organizing a sea of information and creating value with people) by Luca Rosati.
This article talks about a text that is usually at the top of the “books that change your life” lists. Thus, think about it before you continue: your life may be different after this experience, and not necessarily for the better!
Yet, the point is, at least from our perspective, to remember it well.
We have read Richard Fisher’s book The long view: Why we need to transform how the world sees time for you. By sheer coincidence, one of the examples chosen in the book is historical companies. This leads us to a concept we have always been familiar with at Promemoria: businesses with a long history are naturally destined to last. But how does this work?