The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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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 organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.

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

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

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...

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a...

Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a...

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.

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

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

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.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

All imaginable futures are not equally possible.

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...

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 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...

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,...

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 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...

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.

Managing bottom-up change is its own art.