The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time.

Quote by Kevin Kelly

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The organization and the environment are in concert.

The organization and the environment are in concert.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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 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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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,...