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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

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...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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

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

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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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.

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

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

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...

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 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...