Emergent Strategy Principles
In the study and practice of emergent strategy, there are core principles that have emerged and that guide me in learning and using this idea and method in the world.
Be like water.
In the study and practice of emergent strategy, there are core principles that have emerged and that guide me in learning and using this idea and method in the world.
Be like water.
Emergent Strategy Principles
In the study and practice of emergent strategy, there are core principles that have emerged and that guide me in learning and using this idea and method in the world.
Octavia Butler (amb)
All successful life is (Fractal)
Adaptable, (Adaptive)
Opportunistic, (Nonlinear/Iterative)
Tenacious, (Resilient/Transformative Justice)
Interconnected, and (Interdependent/Decentralized)
Fecund. (Creates More Possibilities)
Understand this. (Scholarship, Re!ection)
Use it. (Practice/Experiment)
Shape God. (Intention)
Small is good, small is all. (ie large is a reflection of the small.)
Change is constant. (Be like water).1
There is always enough time for the right work.
There is a conversation in the room that only these people at this moment can have.2 Find it.
Never a failure, always a lesson.3
Trust the People. (If you trust the people, they become trustworthy).4
Move at the speed of trust.5 Focus on critical connections more than critical mass—build the
resilience by building the relationships.
Less prep, more presence.
What you pay attention to grows.