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038 - The Viable System Model

General Intellect Unit

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How to Grow the Size of the Problem or Shrink the Solution, Right?

Whole Foods found that having one big meeting a week was too unwieldy. They decided to break up the company into smaller, more manageable groups. This allowed each group to do its own planning on its own time and with less people involved. It's an example of Ashby's law: You can either grow the size of the solution or shrink the problem.

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