Emergence, substrate, succession, indicator species & ecotones. I started my career in ecology, as an experimentalist working in a research station’s wonderfully named “Weed Science” department – a title that sounds more like a kooky 80s film than a scientific […]| Psych Safety
By Andrei Savu. What concepts are key to understanding systems? A system is a set of interdependent elements whose coordinated interactions give rise to an outcome none of the pieces can deliver alone. The key word is relationship: change the relationships and the behavior of the whole shifts, even if every component remains identical. Five ... Read more| Integration and Implementation Insights
Systems Thinking for Business and Managementby Umit S. Bititci and Agnessa Spanellis Organizations, markets, and economies are systems, analogous to ecosystems. This clearly-written, 278-page textb…| The Key Point
Doug Garnett and JP Castlin wrote a blog post titled Complexity: The Dynamic Uncertainty of Emergence (1 August 2025).| Articles of Interest
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When physicist Richard Feynman returned from college his father asked him something, as he later recounted: “‘When an atom makes a transition from one state to another it emits a particle of light called a photon… Well is the photon in the atom ahead of time? Or if there is no photon there to start … Continue reading "Popping the Bag"| Unintended Consequences
How extraordinary, is it not, the way Mother Gaia has gained our attention at last? Such a tiny, subtle flourish to settle this gentle, CoVid blanket onto us and bring our braying, jangling civilisation into a moment of suspension. Neither … Continue reading →| Integral Yeshe
Harvest from a women’s circle Brussels, 26 May 2012 In the evening of a beautiful, sunny day in Brussels, we were eleven women – ranging in age from 24 to 50+ – who answered the call to gather in circle, … Continue reading →| Integral Yeshe
Here’s an article I wrote for Kosmos Journal back in the autumn of 2008. It still seems topical. This article gives a brief overview of what needs to happen if we— individually and collectively—are to wisely and effectively engage in … Continue reading →| Integral Yeshe
Explore the profound concept of emergence and its crucial role in systems thinking—philosophical roots to real-world applications. Discover how emergence empowers thinkers to navigate complexity.| Systems Thinking Alliance
Consciousness is an emergent property of evolution. Like all things that resulted from evolution, we can gather evidence to come up with theories and explanations. We should avoid (or postpone) the…| Earth...Brains...Technology...Design
My dog was licking my face this morning – as he often does in the morning. Many people refuse to let dogs lick their faces. Understandable. I am one of the apparently few people who allow it.…| Earth...Brains...Technology...Design
Negentropy is the opposite of entropy. It refers to an increase in order, complexity, and usefulness, while entropy refers to the decay of order or the tendency for a system to become random and us…| Earth...Brains...Technology...Design
