ABSTRACT
Each regeneration of the socio-industrial cycle called Followership is a story about people. The first step of the Followership Cycle occurs when technology follows technology. The Followership phenomenon of people following people, increasing numbers of them producing and buying goods and services in an accelerating manner, is caused by labor productivity alone. Around 1975, the streak of labor productivity provided by twentieth-century Followership reached its peak and began to slow down. A new Followership Cycle had just begun: once again, technology began to follow technology. During any Followership Cycle when people follow technology financial capital is preoccupied with the integration and efficient use of resources in its technology infrastructure. As growth from the early Followership phases becomes tapped out, better forms of people process innovation, such as artificial intelligence, are implemented. Everyone's growth and progress is dependent on successful movement through the Followership Cycle.
