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

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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...

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...

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

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

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 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 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...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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.

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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...