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Markets tend toward monopoly and ecological niches toward monotony, but they also create offshoots of diversity, new markets, new species, which in the course of time may attract competitors, which then begin to move the system toward competitive exclusion again.

Donella H. Meadows • Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller

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Andrew McAfee, Erik Brynjolfsson • Machine, Platform, Crowd: Harnessing Our Digital Future

circular economy

Mary Martin • 1 card

Sustainable Development

Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals in an ecologically resilient manner.

Laura Pike Seeley and • 11 cards

They are complex, participatory, interconnected, interdependent, and continually evolving systems, like ecosystems in nature. Form follows need. Roles are picked up, discarded, and exchanged fluidly. Power is distributed. Decisions are made at the point of origin. Innovations can spring up from all quarters. Meetings are held when they are needed.

Frédéric Laloux • Reinventing Organizations: A Guide to Creating Organizations Inspired by the Next Stage of Human Consciousness

To achieve success with ecosystems, it is crucial to create a flexible and agile operating model that is capable of not only continually rolling out new solutions but also managing the entire portfolio of value propositions by addressing failures, branching out into new areas, and pivoting the focus along the way. This requires a number of cultural... See more

Istvan Rab • A design-led approach to embracing an ecosystem strategy

its own, a tree cannot establish a consistent local climate. It is at the mercy of wind and weather. But together, many trees create an ecosystem that moderates extremes of heat and cold, stores a great deal of water, and generates a great deal of humidity.

Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller

Bio-cultural restoration:

Place: where we are
Culture: who we are
Economy: what we do

natural systems?