7 cultural models to adapt to a world of increased complexity
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Seven concrete claims: organizations need to become complex adaptive systems; motivation collapses when extrinsic rewards replace intrinsic drives; collaboration at scale can be non‑transactional; hierarchy breaks in fast‑changing environments. Proven practices named: inner sourcing and API boundaries to increase interconnection, affordance platforms and constrained autonomy to enable adaptation, and a proposed value graph to surface non‑monetary value. Examples: Drupal’s volunteer ecosystem, Airbnb’s separation of payment and experience; warnings that bonuses and full transactionality erode social capital.
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- 0:007 cultural models to adapt to a world of increased complexity
- 6:17In a world of complex interactions complicated systems fail
- 6:36Fault lines in traditional systems teach us the principles of complexity
- 7:51Why are so many established companies struggling?
- 9:57To thrive in a fast changing environment, you need a complex, adaptive system
- 11:18Why do millions of people voluntarily contribute to open source?
- 14:33Motivation is not about sticks, but it isn't about carrots either
- 15:19How do open source communities cooperate without budgets or bosses?
- 18:28Collaboration at scale no longer needs to be transactional
- 21:06Why does polarisation destroy our communities?
- 24:59When focussed around feelings & needs instead of image & strategy. conflicts are growth opportunities
- 25:47How can you recognise great communities?
- 26:03To become really great you need to be able to forget about the competition
- 27:37Language is an indicator of cultural maturity
- 27:55In the most performant cultures competition disappears
- 28:40Why is it so hard to find bottlenecks in software projects
- 29:35Digital businesses are value networks rather than value streams
- 30:08How do self-organising systems protect themselves against failure?
- 32:20Multi cellular organisms have cells that can die instead of the organism
- 33:27Living systems use just enough constraints and fallible substructures to gain immortality
- 33:41There is another way to grow systems using Constraints & affordances
- 34:04This can help us build better businesses & communities, better software, & healthier relationships
- 34:577 RULES FOR POSITIVE PRODUCTIVE CHANGE MICRO SHIFTS MAGRO RESULTS
- 35:47BUT HOW DO YOU ADOPT TO COMLEXITY?
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