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

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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.

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.

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

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

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...