So, there are roughly four executive functions - model - monitor - mentor - resource allocation Using Software to "run" the company will encourage openness, r

So, there are roughly four executive functions - model - monitor - mentor - resource allocation Using Software to "run" the company will encourage openness, reusability, and robust discussion. This may not be what executives want. And yes Linus Torvalds will inevitably come up here. And I think he is an excellent model (excluding the stuff he resigned / apologised for). He does / did not write code that goes in the kernel, but will write things that solve his executive needs (everything from mailing him when his local build has finished to, you know, git). These things will mostly be open, and beneficial to the "organisation". No his job is not to write kernel code. But that's not to say he writes no code, nor is that code not useful in building the whole organisation around the "factory floor" job. Anyway, the model / Monitor / Mentor thing - yes of course software will help building such things. And yes of course there is proprietary code out there (SAP etc) to kinda sorta do that but mostly it all devolves to executives downloading everything to excel and writing their adhoc queries in excel to answer the problems they face today. There is zero point hoping SAP will write a custom what if filter for Company X's problems with holding US Sales in Dollars or Yen. And there is a big upside in thinking if they were coders, and did write that query and made it open inside the company it would be reviewed, challenged and improved. And maybe even open up debate in the company but that's politics ...