Complexity that works is built up out of modules that work perfectly, layered one over the other. Kevin Kelly buildcomplexitylayer Change image and share on social
When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at. Kevin Kelly environmentorganismorganization Change image and share on social
And they discovered something very interesting: when it comes to walking, most of the ant's thinking and decision-making is not in its brain at all. It's distributed. It's in its legs. Kevin Kelly antbraindecision Change image and share on social
Each organism's environment, for the most part, consists of other organisms. Kevin Kelly consistenvironmentorganism Change image and share on social
It's more along the lines of raising a child: we train the system to a certain range of behaviors that we find most useful. But then we let it go, because we don't want to have to be babysitting it the whole time. Kevin Kelly babysitbehaviorchild share on social
Organizations get invested into a particular product. And sometimes the best thing is to stop making that product, even though it's profitable, because it has optimized at a local peak. Kevin Kelly investlocalmake Change image and share on social
Managers tend to treat organizations as if they are infinitely plastic. They hire and fire, merge, downsize, terminate programs, add capacities. But there are limits to the shifts that organizations can absorb. Kevin Kelly absorbaddcapacity share on social
The way that organizations and organisms anticipate the future is by taking signals from the past, most the time. Kevin Kelly anticipatefutureorganism Change image and share on social
An organization's reason for being, like that of any organism, is to help the parts that are in relationship to each other, to be able to deal with change in the environment. Kevin Kelly changedealenvironment Change image and share on social
An organization's intelligence is distributed to the point of being ubiquitous. Kevin Kelly distributeintelligenceorganization Change image and share on social
