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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

The current understanding was that it was impossible to predict how something would evolve because...

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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.

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

One of the functions of an organization, of any organism, is to anticipate the future,...

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...

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,...

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...

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part...

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set...

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,...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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