Consider This...

People, Ideas & Objects are pleased to announce a new series of publications entitled "Consider This..."

These papers complement our "21st Century Marketplace Vision" series by taking a different approach. Rather than presenting broad architectural concepts, each "Consider This..." paper examines a single topic in detail. Their purpose is to encourage discussion, challenge long-held assumptions, and explore the principles that underpin Synallagi, our user community, and their service provider organizations.

The series asks straightforward but fundamental questions. For example, how can the critical financial information describing a property's performance be delivered to the engineers, geologists, and others responsible for making operational decisions? How should Markets function within the organizational architecture of North American oil & gas? Which long-standing assumptions deserve to be reconsidered?

Our first publication in the series is:

"Consider This...
Markets as an Organizational Construct
Hayek's "The Use of Knowledge in Society"
and the Synallagi Price Maker Strategy"

In this paper, we revisit Professor Friedrich Hayek's landmark 1945 essay, "The Use of Knowledge in Society," and examine its relevance to the challenges facing North American oil & gas today. We explore how decentralized decision-making, informed by objective financial information and coordinated through Markets, can reshape operational performance and profitability.

We hope this new series stimulates thoughtful discussion and contributes to the development of "Synallagi — A New Discipline."