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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop...

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.

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.

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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...

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...

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...

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make...

Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make...

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.

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...

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 system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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

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

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...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

Basins of attraction, of self organization, show up as well in our complex social environment,...

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...

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...