WHERE ORDER MEETS CHAOS
DESCRIPTION
• Israel, South Korea & Singapore have faced
existential threats for a long period of military
services.
• In 1920, the Arab resisted establishment of a
Jewish country and they sought to defeat Israel.
• Singapore fought against Japan in the world
war II & still stay in fear of Indonesia. It has one
the highest GDPs in the world.
There has also been a decrement in startups in
Korea as compared to Israel, even though Korea
has great affinity towards technology.
• It’s not really important that if a country has a
good growth rate and impulsive annual GDP
growth then it would have the capability of risk-
taking, initiatives and good agility.
• Singapore lacked the risk-taking ability for new
start-ups and entrepreneurship.
• The study of Apollo 13 crisis awares us more
about the concepts which mainly involves
experimenting & diagnosing the issues again and
again along with improvisation.
• Columbia crisis is assumed to be the failure
caused due to overruled and routine
management system.
• NASA transformation from Apollo culture of
exploration to the Columbia culture of rigid
standardisation began in 1970s to revolutionize
transportation into space by routinising it.
• Several case studies have pointed out that,
space travel, much like technology innovation, is
a fundamentally experimental endeavour and
should be managed by way.
•Can-do, a responsible attitude, that Israel’s
refers to as Rosh gadol is of great significance.
• Every operation is treated like laboratory work
to be examined and re-examined, open to new
information which often subjects to rich and
heated debate.
• Explaining away bad decisions is unacceptable.
• The purpose of discussion is not to admit
mistakes but to learn from them.
• The idea is to discuss and innovate rather than
adhering to the things that worked in the past.
EXAMPLE
The fear of losing face & bursting of internal
bubble in 2000 ,Haug tells us the reason behind
less start-ups in Korea. In Korea, one fears being
exposed while failing. In early 2000s, the bubble
burst and their public failure left a scar on
entrepreneurship. But Israel seems to be on the
other side of the spectrum, they don’t care
about social price of the failure & they develop
their projects regardless of economic or political
situation.
Singapore had a really impressive growth rate
and had one of the highest real per capita GDP
i.e. over US $35,000. Also the real GDP growth
has averaged 8% annually.
Singapore's founding father who also served as
prime minister for 3 decades said that many
new tries and start-ups were required.
The challenge of conveying cultural aspects that
make start-up scene okay is important for an
organisation.
Expert’s team of NASA performs miracles of
emergency improvisation, otherwise the crisis
would have been fatal.
Israel war fighting is also an experimental
endeavour where each new fight is considered
as an important test and source of data, rather
than routine application of past practice.
Following order but doing in best possible way,
using judgement and investing whatever effort is
necessary i.e. emphasizing improvisation over
discipline and challenging the chief over respect
for hierarchy.
IDF (Israel defence forces) follow a system of
debriefing wherein, everyday soldiers of all ranks
sit together and deconstruct the day. They
accept mistakes and derive conclusions based on
practicalities. This is also done after wars
whether they win or not. Instead of the quiet
acceptance of doctrine and tradition witnessed
in the case of most armies, the growth of Israeli
army has been marked by turmoil of
innovation , controversy & debate.
 • Lack of organisation and lack of improvisation
was experienced during the Lebanon war in
2006.
• Exaggerated adherence of senior officers to the
chief staff decision was one of major problems
during the war.
• Relying too much on technology, that creates
the impression of tackling battle without actually
being in the field.
• Many of Israel’s traits need to be adopted by
Singapore. Singapore lacks a proper military
structure, inventiveness & obedience, however
its politeness and one-party rule adds to fluidity.
“Order” acts as an obstacle to fluidity.
• Israel has perfect combination of flexibility,
innovation, initiative and constantly involved in
group thinking while having discipline.
• Israeli entrepreneurs are benefitted by stable
institution & rule of law, along with its non-
hierarchical culture. Rosh Godal thinking acts as
incubator for its high-tech start-up culture.
In Israel, soldiers were not sufficiently instilled
with the sense that fate of war is on their
shoulder, instead they were dependent more
upon the technological strength. Allowing lower
ranking officers to plan and lead security
operations with less control from above can
prepare us better for the conventional wars.
With regard to the 2006 war, Israel aims to
restore the core values instead of liberating
them. The junior officers have equal say in the
matters concerned.
According to economists, crossing boundaries,
breaking societal norms, a lack of fit and unusual
system stimulates creativity and are the key
ingredients of an entrepreneur. “Edge of chaos”
refers to the region where rigid order meets
random chaos & contribution to global impact.

Submitted by:
Vidushi Gupta
Vishwi Dholakhandi
Yashaswi Gupta
Yashee Jain
Yashi Mittal
Yashika Sardana
Yogyata Kumari