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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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...

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.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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,...

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...

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 is a set of relationships that are persistent over time.

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

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...

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...

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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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 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...

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.

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...

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 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...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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.

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...