The system continually has to make this choice: it can either continue to exploit a known process and make it more productive, or it can explore a new process at the cost of being less efficient. Kevin Kelly choicecontinuallycontinue Change image and share on social
Changing things from the top down works when things are stable. Kevin Kelly changestablething Change image and share on social
The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing. Kevin Kelly changeenvironmentinterest Change image and share on social
Species go extinct because there are historical contraints built into a given body or a given design. Kevin Kelly bodybuildcontraints Change image and share on social
It's generally much easier to kill an organization than to change it substantially. Kevin Kelly changeeasygenerally Change image and share on social
The organization and the environment are in concert. Kevin Kelly concertenvironmentorganization Change image and share on social
We tend to think of the mind of an organization residing in the CEO and the organization's top managers, perhaps with the help of outside consultants that they call in. But that is not really how an organization thinks. Kevin Kelly callceoconsultant share on social
It has become evident that the primary lesson of the study of evolution is that all evolution is coevolution: every organism is evolving in tandem with the organisms around it. Kevin Kelly coevolutionevidentevolution 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
Much of outcomes research is a systematic attempt to exploit what is known and make it better. Kevin Kelly attemptexploitmake Change image and share on social