the dolt′s guide to self-organization.pptx

The Dolt’s Guide to Self-Organization;Goal #1OK, so what is self-organization really?;Goal #2How can we make self-organization work?;Agenda;We have been taught aboutlinear systems;But then reality confronted us withnon-linear systems;That is like teaching people all aboutfruit flies;And then lumping everything else together inthe group of… non-fruit flies;Let’s adopt a more realistic approach;…and then strings formed particles;…and particles formed molecules;…and molecules formed solar systems;…and living cells;…and cells formed species;…and species formed groups;…and groups formed ecosystems;…and economies;…and every system organized itself.;Self-organization… a definition;Organization withoutmanagement?;Cool!;but…;Self-organization has a dark side…;Self-organization… the dark side;“Nature is not cruel, pitiless. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.”- Richard Dawkins;But people care…about value.;/photos/sukanto_debnath/504258852/ ;/photos/suneko ;/photos/calliope/104661075/ ;“Self-organization requires that the system is surrounded by a containing boundary. This condition defines the self that will be developed during the self-organizing process.” /iaf99/Thread1/conway.html;The containing boundary has a chance to direct self-organizationtowards value;Agenda;Directed self-organization;Governance + leadership;Self-organization is the norm;Management is the special case;We all manage something every day;But managementmust be balanced;Self-organized For example: a software development team Self-selected (= self-designed) Self-organized and system selects its own members For example: founders of a start-up business Self-directed (= self-governed) Self-selected and no direction outside the system For example: criminal organization ;And then there’s Emergence… Supervenie