Panarchy - Resilience Alliance
Resilience arises from a rich structure of many feedback loops that can work in different ways to restore a system even after a large perturbation. A single balancing loop brings a system stock back to its desired state. Resilience is provided by several such loops, operating through different mechanisms, at different time scales, and with redundan
... See moreDonella H. Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
The ability to self-organize is the strongest form of system resilience. A system that can evolve can survive almost any change, by changing itself.
Donella H. Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller
One of the major lessons we learn from the unique complexity of life is the following: the only thing we can always expect when manipulating the living world is that there will be unexpected consequences. By definition, those consequences are rarely aligned with the initial goal of our intervention. Climate change, biodiversity loss, and our curren... See more
Understanding Living Systems
Resilience and feedback loops—when something disrupts the system, it works to push back and regain equilibrium
Seth Godin • This Is Strategy: Make Better Plans (Create a Strategy to Elevate Your Career, Community & Life)
In an organization with a high capacity to adapt, people share responsibility for the larger organization’s future in addition to their identification with specific roles and functions.