BPR's downfall is that it's based on the economics of the Industrial Age. As such, BPR treats all resources in a business, including information, as scarce. As long as business leaders see information as just another scarce commodity, they'll never be able to make the transition to the Information Age and will remain frustrated. Fotunately, there is hope. Today, organizations can begin to look at information in a different light.
Information is a perpetual form of energy.
Like the wave of change, it is analogous to, information can't be controlled. It can, however, be harnessed and ridden to the pinnacle of success. To do so, business leaders must separate information from every other resource in their businesses. It must be seen not as something that's consumed, but rather as something that's exchanged, processed, and then exchanged again. Viewing information from this vantage point raises it to a higher plane, separating it from the firm's consumable resources.