Autocatalysis:
the ability of a collection of organic molecules to
facilitate one another's creation or reactions; greater
than the sum of its parts
Autopoesis:
the process in which an organization or system reproduces
itself
Basins of Attraction:
a repeated state cycle of a system to which all starting
points lead; need a reason to find commonalities among
our organizations
Chaos:
sensitivity to initial conditions; all chaos reveals
patterns
Co-Evolution:
the coupling of species in an ecosystem such that changes
in the genetics of one species influences adaptation in
other species; unrolling/unfolding; simple to complex;
building new systems
Communications:
a measure of the entropy of a message between sender and
receiver; assumptions, protocol, perceptions, address,
global connections, sharing, vertical and lateral
empathy, respectful feelings
Communities of Practice:
groups who share similar goals or interests and employ
common tools and methods
Complexity:
the study of autocatalytic systems that exist on the edge
of chaos; enjoy the simplicity in which nature packages
complexity
Convergence:
to come together near a point sharing ideas
Cybernetics:
information and feedback and control are connected and
feed each other
Design:
take your ideas and test them
Dialogue:
two similar entities having an exchange in context
Double Slit Experiment:
the behavior of matter depends on how you set up the
experiment; the how-to in measuring waves and particles
Ecological System:
a network of interconnected loops
Economics:
creation and management of wealth
Emergence:
the genesis of a group behavior that has no corresponding
individual behavior of any member of that group; result
of individual and collective actions; an unforeseen
occurrence
Feedback:
a message from a sensor of a system to the controller of
a system regarding the difference between expectation and
condition; simple & complex
Fitness:
the sum of traits which increase or diminish the
likelihood of an organism (or idea) to have offspring and
perpetuate itself; how well systems work together, i.e.,
Nav Center
Fitness Peaks:
the optimal expression of a set of traits by a species or
organism; always strive to get to the next peak
Flocking:
an emergent behavior that allows individuals with no
"flockness" to move in concert with one
another; its all about learning
General Systems Theory:
models of behavior and action that can be applied across
many disciplines as general principles; everything is
interconnected
Hierarchy:
an arrangement of a system into a chain of command and
decision by the structured passing of information and
feedback between successive layers of subordination; add
new layers of activity but don't change the simple things
Homeostasis:
like a pupil of an eye, we need to react properly and
quickly; the ability of a system to operate within
an envelope of viability
Intelligence:
reasoning; knowledge
Law of Increasing Returns:
them that has, gets; life on earth alters earth to get
more life; exposure to/use of different ideas
Morphogenetic Fields:
fields that are responsible for "the characteristic
form and organization of systems at all levels of
complexity" and the transmission of these forms
across time and space; imaginary blueprint that instructs
on what to do
Networking:
interconnection of agents via channels into a web;
accomplish together what we cannot learn alone
Order for Free:
the hypothesis that autocatalysis is built into the
nature of things so that the emergence of complex systems
is less subject to random association of organic
molecules but is a natural feature of organic chemistry
Particle/Wave:
you can't have form without energy and vice versa
Patch Theory:
a method of allowing groups to evolve high quality
solutions to high-conflict problems; groups optimize each
other
Phase Transitions:
the boundary and process of passing from one state of a
system to another (like solid to liquid); we encounter
both chaos and order in organizations
Sapiential Leadership:
whoever can see the situation, the solution and
communicate it to others is the leader; rotates to take
advantage of the skills of the group
Schrodinger's Cat:
nothing is real until it is observed
Self-Organizing Systems:
see autocatalytic systems; share a common set of rules
Strange Attractors:
in chaos theory a limit cycle around which a system moves
but which never repeats itself; systems always have
order; chaos and order
Uncertainty Principle:
the act of observing influences what can be observed and
the observation itself; preconceptions; premeasurement
can alter your outcomes
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