It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially.

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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.

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...

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.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...

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,...

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,...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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.

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...