But when you are embodied in a location, in a physical plant, in a set of people, and in a common history, that constrains your evolution and your ability to evolve in certain directions.

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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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 intelligence is distributed to the point of being ubiquitous.

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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 organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.