CILO: Concept Impact Levels Organization
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Organizations are continuously confronted with new concepts such as technology, artificial intelligence, data, innovation, agility, knowledge management, digital transformation, business models, and management approaches. However, the mere introduction of a concept into an organization does not necessarily mean that it has an organizational impact. A concept may initially be used personally by an individual, then become an organizational infrastructure, enter organizational processes, influence the organization’s orientation, become a driving force for the organization, and ultimately enable the creation of new values and broader-scale impacts. This article introduces CILO (Concept Impact Levels Organization) as a proposed conceptual framework for analyzing the levels and pathways through which concepts impact organizations. CILO proposes six levels: User, Infrastructure, Orientation, Driver, Creation, and Civilization. These levels describe the path through which the impact of a concept expands, from individual use to broader systemic impact. The purpose of CILO is to provide an analytical language for answering the question of at which level of the organization a concept is positioned, how it has expanded within the organization, and how far its scope of impact has developed. This framework serves as a foundational layer in the intellectual architecture of the Miadian Strategy School and provides a basis for developing subsequent models of this school, including the Organizational Constellation Model, Exploration Ship Model, Strategic Insight → Vision & Mission, Strategy–Operations Alignment Cube, and ultimately the Miadian Integrated Traceable Strategy Model.
Author: Miadian, Abolfazl
Language: English
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204267387
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