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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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.

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...

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...

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.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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...

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 organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...

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...

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

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

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,...