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Shadow IT: A Managerial, Technological, and Cultural Challenge in the Era of Digital Work.

A comprehensive review of the managerial challenge of Shadow IT as the use of unapproved technologies in the organization, causes and examples of failures and examination of the implications, international comparison, examination of the roles of the CIO, CISO, senior management and the board of directors as well as organizational ways of dealing with Shadow IT: enforcement, training, BYOD and monitoring and proposal of a managerial strategy for dealing with Shadow IT in the organization.

The Third Change: From God to Nature to God-Code - When the Monopoly 3.0 on Power Passes to the Machine: God Fades, Man Weakens, the Machine Determines.

This is not just another story about technology.
This is a story about power.
Once we trusted in God. Then in man. Now - in the machine.
The question is not if this is happening. The question is who remains sovereign when the warning light is flashing.

For thousands of years, human culture has revolved around changing centers of power nature → god → man → machine.

Nature was the first authority, followed by God, followed by rational man - and today? The machine. Not just any machine, but artificial intelligence based on crowd wisdom, big data and algorithms that manage our agenda without us noticing. The monopoly on power has come a long way: from the priest, to the scientist - and now to those who hold capital, cloud, chips and models. Man, who has lost faith in his personal power against the power of information, returns to faith in an external power - this time not divine, but algorithmic.

This revolution did not start yesterday. It started decades ago with the internet and computing power, when social networks became engines of control on culture, knowledge and politics. The algorithm dictates the agenda, the populist politician adopts it to win elections, and the crowd - fed and driven by the same agenda - feeds the algorithin with more data and in turn forces the politician to adapt and so on. A digital catch 22.

Like my grandfather, who saw the world as a geo-political chess game, so Putin calculates every move with cold composure - Not as a madman, but as a rational player in a chaotic system.

In September 2025, while the war in Ukraine continues for more than three years, Vladimir Putin continues to dictate the geo-strategic course in Europe.

Russia's and Putin's behavior is rational, and Putin is not mad -He is a rational player in an irrational system, and his decisions are not random, but the result of strategic calculation, even if they appear destructive from Western perspective. He operates from a deep understanding of the internal and external power structure, using tools of diversion, deterrence, and narrative control.

Simulations show probabilities of ~59% for de-escalation and ~36% for stalemate, and together a probability of ~95% that will leave Russia and Putin with significant geo-strategic achievements, effectively heralding a Russian strategic victory (even after deducting 10% for internal collapse, still 85% probability for Russian strategic victory).

Battle over Flags reflect deep societal rifts, and what Britain can learn from Israel before its flag becomes a tool of internal destruction enabling far right rise to fascism. As Israel’s delay deepened the divide; in Britain, early action could prevent it.

Imagine this: you’re standing in a bustling square, the national flag flying high above. Does it warm your heart as a symbol of unity, or has it been turned into a political weapon by extremists? This isn’t a fantasy - it’s the reality in Britain and Israel in 2025. In Israel, the far-right co-opted the flag, only for liberals to fight to reclaim it; in Britain, the right is seizing the St George’s Cross and Union Jack against pro-Palestinian protesters and immigrants.

This op-ed aims to expose how battles over symbols reflect deep societal rifts and what Britain can learn from Israel before its flag becomes a tool of internal destruction. An answer to a question raised on the "New Statesman" Podcast "Has the English flag been co-opted by the far-right?" with @Anoosh Chakelian and @HarryClrke.

Read, share, and join the conversation - Because silence hands victory to extremism.