Roots Of Complexity

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Roots Of Complexity

• Santa Fe Institute
• Physics-chaos theory
• Math-fractal geometry
• Meteorology-butterfly effect
• Biology-complex adaptive systems

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• Moving From Physics Envy
• To Biology Envy

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Surprising Convergence We Stand on the
Shoulders of Giants
Chemistry Ilya Prigogine, Order Out of Chaos
Sociology Robert Axelrod, Complexity of
Cooperation
Physiology Ary Goldberger, Cardiac Research
Complex Adaptive Systems ((( Murray Gell-Mann
))) The Quark the Jaguar ((( Stuart Kaufmann
))) At Home in the Universe ((( John Holland
))) Emergence ((( Brian Arthur ))) Increasing
Returns
Physics-Ecology Fritjof Capra, Web of Life
Physics David Bohm, Wholeness the Implicate
Order
Socio-Biology E.O. Wilson Consilience
Meteorology Edward Lorenz, The Butterfly Effect
Computer Science Christopher Langton
Philosophy Ken Wilbur, Integral Science Religion
Genetics R.C. Lewontin, Biology as Ideology
Ecology James Lovelock, Gaia Hypothesis
Mathematics Mandlebrot, Fractals
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More Giants

• Complexity applied to organizations

Strategy/Leadership Ralph Stacey
Market Strategy Kevin Kelly
Leadership Gareth Morgan
Complex Adaptive Systems
Management Brenda Zimmerman
Leadership Meg Wheatley
Strategy S. Brown K. Eisenhardt
Innovation Everett Rogers
Sustainability Paul Hawken/James Moore
Planning Henry Mintzberg
Learning Etienne Wegner
Management Jeffery Goldstein
Organizing Design Dee Hock
Org Development David Cooperrider
Knowledge Ikujiro Nonaka
Org Dynamics Roger Lewin/Birute Regine
People Practices Jeffery Pfeffer