Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning
jods.mitpress.mit.edujods.mitpress.mit.edu
I propose six significant levels of pace and size in the working structure of a robust and adaptable civilization. From fast to slow the levels are: - Fashion/art - Commerce- Infrastructure- Governance- Culture- Nature
jods.mitpress.mit.edu • Pace Layering: How Complex Systems Learn and Keep Learning
Patience, I believe, is a core competency of a healthy civilization. I propose that it is useful and realistic to think of a civilization as operating at a number of different paces at the same time. Fashion and commerce change quickly, as they should. Nature and culture change slowly, as they should. Infrastructure and governance move along at mid... See more
Stewart Brand • Taking the Long View
Pace Layers help visualize, distinguish, and discuss different kinds of work and teams within an organization. Here, I bring together a bunch of great thinking into a single construct.
Clay Parker Jones • Pace Layers for Organization
The fast parts learn, propose, and absorb shocks; the slow parts remember, integrate, and constrain. The fast parts get all the attention. The slow parts have all the power. This raises the question, What is the pace layering of learners? What can change quickly, and what changes more slowly?
Julie Dirksen • Design for How People Learn (Voices That Matter)
