The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time.

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But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

But in fact, when you try to model that on a computer you find that...

An organization's intelligence is distributed to the point of being ubiquitous.

An organization's intelligence is distributed to the point of being ubiquitous.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

Technological advances could allow us to see more clearly into our own lives.

We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and...

We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and...

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

The great advance of personal computers was not the computing power per se but the...

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...

The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very...

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts...

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

Organisms by their design are not made to adapt too far.

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

A brain is a society of very small, simple modules that cannot be said to...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like...

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it...

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it...

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that...

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire,...

Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire,...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a...

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a...

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.