The insight highlights the concept of organizations as living systems and the interaction of people within them. It emphasizes the fundamental role of information flows and decision-making in organizations, underscoring the importance of understanding organizational ecologies and making people happy at work. The lack of individuals with a background in complex adaptive system sciences in the organizational design world is also noted, along with the disconnect between organizational designers and ecologists in terms of awareness and focus.
In this episode of emerge I speak with Christina Bowen. Christina is a knowledge ecologist working on such topics as collective intelligence, global warming, and systems theory. In this conversation we talk about the relationship between trust and collective intelligence, how to solve wicked problems , and the nature of self-organization. Please enjoy this conversation with knowledge ecologist Christina Bowen!