The adaptive cycle as a dynamic map for resilience thinking
Interdependency is vital to the health of any system. But, the interdependency does not sit still. All of biological evolution, and development of culture and society, would seem to be a testament to the characteristics of contextual multilayered shiftings through time. Nothing stays the same, clearly. So could it be that change is a kind of learni... See more
Nora Bateson • Symmathesy: A Word in Progress
adaptive scenario planning focuses on producing new systemic understandings, whereas transformative scenario planning assumes that new understandings alone
Adam Kahane • Transformative Scenario Planning
In general, “resilience shifts attention from purely growth and efficiency to needed recovery and flexibility. Growth and efficiency alone can often lead ecological systems, businesses and societies into fragile rigidities, exposing them to turbulent transformations.
Daniel Wahl • Designing Regenerative Cultures
Adaptation requires learning new ways to interpret what goes on around you and new ways to carry out work. It’s not surprising, then, that in organizations with significant adaptive capacity, there is an openness and commitment to learning.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
montre que rien de ce qui est vivant n’est vraiment stable, ni en équilibre. Les systèmes complexes sont plutôt soumis à des dynamiques cycliques. Selon la théorie du cycle adaptatif (et de la panarchie) développée par les écologues C. S. Holling et L. H. Gunderson dès les années 1970 dans le cadre de l’étude de la résilience écologique329, tous le
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