The purpose of a typology is to see things from different perspectives not to allocate things to types – always a difficult thing to get across.

The metaphor is that of an ecologist who uses engineering, rather than an engineer who sees the ecosystem as something to conquer.

Another key point is that this approach works at all levels – you can apply it to a corporate change programme, a software project or a military strategy. In effect it allows (to use military terms) Grand Strategy and Tactics to be non-linear in nature, building both from the same core components and allowing real-time modification and alerts.