It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it.

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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...

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 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 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...

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...

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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.

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

But in a turbulent environment the change is so widespread that it just routes around...

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...