Smart Swarm is written by Peter Miller who is a senior editor of National Geographic. In his book Miller asks the question ‘What can we humans learn from the intelligent behaviour observed in nature, and in particularly in the complex,… read more →
Spring has sprung here in Seattle! After months of seemingly endless clouds and rain, even brief moments of springtime sunshine release tremendous surges of shared joy and optimism. Springtime sunshine is a beautiful example of Emergent Abundance. Sunshine is abundant… read more →
Last week Alan Moore and Giles Hutchins led a weeks course on ‘The Radical Redesign of Business’ for international participants at Schumacher College as part of the three week Enterprising Futures course. The course explores the rapidly changing world of enterprise forms and models, helping to… read more →
When people ask me for my favorite examples from nature, I usually suggest that they look in their own back yards, but sometimes the best place to look is in the mirror! Humans– including you — are fantastically resilient. I… read more →
Hospitals are great icons of modern health care but the nature of the business of health care is that most of it takes place outside hospitals. We need hospitals when our treatments require expensive technology or our illnesses have become… read more →
We often hear that we need to encourage and support failure in order to foster creativity and innovation: “Fail fast, fail forward!” Curiously, I have found that many people have a hard time failing, even when that is their goal. … read more →
Companies that mimic living systems have been gaining market share over more traditionally managed firms, which generally model themselves on mechanical systems. Firms that mimic living systems have an existential awareness that they are living communities of people, committed to… read more →
Most people in business subscribe to an out-dated worldview, a perception of reality inadequate for dealing with the volatile and globally interconnected business world. What is required for the health and vitality of our businesses and economies is a radical… read more →
Nature is inspiring in so many ways. If you are also inspired by numbers, you’ll enjoy this list of numbers inspired by nature. 7,5000,000: The estimated number of different life forms on earth 1,200,000: The number of life forms that… read more →
[re-posted from the Minneapolis College of Art &Design’s Sustainable Design Online blog] A master’s program in sustainable design? Taught completely online? Led by a biologist? Requiring a course in leadership? What are they thinking? For those comfortable with traditional design programs,… read more →