Category: Networks
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Tamsin Woolley-Barker on deep patterns in life
Tamsin Woolley-Barker is an author and evolutionary biologist. She looks for the deep patterns in life. Here is an article1 where Tamsin Woolley-Barke writes: Organizations can’t keep growing the way we structure them today. There’s nothing inherently wrong with hierarchies. In fact, nature uses them all the time—to stop change from happening. … Hierarchies are…
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Living structures are fractal
A fractal exhibits repeating patterns at different scales. What’s interesting is that fractal structures are found everywhere in nature. Examples of such structures are branching trees and blood vessels. Even the largest known structures in the Universe are fractal. The cosmic web, for instance, looks very much like a neural network. Maybe the whole Universe…
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The cosmic web
The distribution of matter in the Universe is not homogeneous, but is distributed in a network of knots and links. The knots are regions where the gravitational forces are higher. These knots are then connect to others through filaments. Researches call these large-scale structures in the Universe the “cosmic web“. Notes: 1 Université de Genève,…
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Bonnitta Roy on an open architecture for self-organization
Bonnitta Roy describes in An Open Architecture for Self-Organization how to “to distribute management responsibilities into self-organizing teams, without losing strategic performance“. She calls this “The Open Participatory Organization“, or OPO for short. The governance of an OPO is CriSP, or “continually regenerating it’s starting position“. This means that the form of the organization “takes…
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Book Review: Team of Teams
Teams of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World by Stanley McChrystal, with Tantum Collins, David Silverman, and Chris Fussell, is a book about the restructuring of the Joint Special Operations Task Force from the ground up. The book is built upon the authors ”personal experiences”, together with their ”reviews” of ”published studies”…
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From hierarchies to networks
Even the military realized hierarchies were obsolete 20 years ago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network-centric_warfare A network has the following benefits compared to a hierarchy: A robust network improves information sharing Information sharing enhances situational awareness Shared situational awareness enables collaboration These, in turn, increase the effectiveness Power to the edge!
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Corporate Rebels
Corporate Rebels are sharing interesting thoughts and stories about business, technology, creativity, and art, bringing people and businesses together. @CorporateRebels inspires you to get your Rebel out.
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Rebels at Work
Do you want to create a better future for your organization? Well, then check out Rebels at Work. Rebels at work are those who are brave (or foolhardy) enough to stand against the prevailing mindset of the organization and argue for a better way.
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Corporate Rebels United
Are you ready to do what hasn’t been done before? Do you want to reclaim your passion for work? Then check out Corporate Rebels United! The following common principles define who they are and what they stand for: We love our organizations and want them to succeed in this high-velocity, hyper-connected world. We dare to…
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Stoos nätverk om ledarskap
Stoos nätverk vill göra skillnad när det gäller ledarskap, eller kanske snarare bristen på ledarskap, i dagens organisationer. Är det kanske dags att skapa en Stoos satellit i Sverige?