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Complex systems are not perfect systems; the point is that they can keep improving indefinitely.
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
A dissipative structure in these terms is an open system that is far from equilibrium, and yet is still maintaining a form of stability.
Pier Luigi Luisi • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
self-organization, processes which are thermodynamically favored and constructing at the same time higher order.
Pier Luigi Luisi • The Emergence of Life: From Chemical Origins to Synthetic Biology
I will call this mechanism evolution by combination, or more succinctly, combinatorial evolution.
W. Brian Arthur • The Nature of Technology: What It Is and How It Evolves
SYSTEMS RUN BEST WHEN DESIGNED TO RUN DOWNHILL More briefly formulated: AVOID UPHILL CONFIGURATIONS —or, in the vernacular: GO WITH THE FLOW In human terms, this means working with human tendencies rather than against them.
John Gall • Systemantics. The Systems Bible
we interviewed practitioners and thought leaders on innovation, including W. Brian Arthur, the founding head of the Economics Program at the Santa Fe Institute.
C Otto Scharmer, Peter Senge (Foreword) • Theory U
This perpetual novelty, produced with a limited number of rules or laws, is a characteristic of most complex systems:
John H. Holland • Complexity: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
engineers are typically the best single source of innovation; yet,
Marty Cagan • INSPIRED: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love (Silicon Valley Product Group)
An organization can—and should be—perpetually reinventing its constructs.