Editorial to Human Systems Management volume 40 issue 6

Abstract

Throughout 2021, Human Systems Management 5 has published a series of articles focusing on the 6 strategic revival of human systems management 7 (HSM) on the occasion of the journal's 40th anniver-8 sary. As introduced in the opening editorial to the 9 series, the journal is to continue as a self-renewing 10 evolving entity, open to new paradigms, new tech-11 nologies, timely adaptations and trailblazing new 12 authors from all over the world" [1]. Throughout the 13 year, content has been published on this theme. Now, 14 in this volume's final issue, we are proud to present a 15 strong compilation of articles composing the strategic 16 revival of HSM.17"Entering the age of accelerated change: In search 18 of equilibrium" [2] introduces the main topics to 19 be discussed in the strategic revival of HSM: con-20 tinued acceleration of the rate of change; powerful 21 tendencies from equilibrium to disequilibrium; shifts 22 from genetic to memetic forces of human evo-23 lution; conflicts between state-interventionism and 24 self-organized natural response; misbalance between 25 the rates of accepting the new and abandoning the old;