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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a...

The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the...

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

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...

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

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...

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...

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,...

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

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

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

An organization is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

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...

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

We are infected by our own misunderstanding of how our own minds work.

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.

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a...

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

The most certain thing you can say about the environment tomorrow is that it probably...

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

Everything that we are making, we are making more and more complex.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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...

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...

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.