# Every Serious Organization Is Now a Technology Organization by Bryant McGill > “Every serious organization is now a technology organization. Publishing, community, and commerce all run on software, so the quality of the underlying infrastructure shapes what a mission can accomplish. Investing in that backbone is investing in the mission.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream (Aug 2016)* ## Sources and Context - **Source:** [[livestreams/Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream|Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream]] — exact quotation from the developed livestream document. - **Conceptual context:** Publishing, commerce, coordination, records, and community increasingly pass through technical systems. The quality of that infrastructure therefore shapes what the organization can reliably accomplish. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power|Bell Labs and the Distributed Architecture of American Power]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Livestream:** [[livestreams/Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream|Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Technology Organizations|Technology Organizations]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every serious organization is now a technology organization. Publishing, community, and commerce all run on software, so the quality of the underlying infrastructure shapes what a mission can accomplish. Investing in that backbone is investing in the mission.” — Bryant McGill, Building a Community Platform for Durable Creative Work - Livestream (Aug 2016) https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-every-organization-technology-organization ```