A "perfect storm" of economic, social and environmental factors is making the business landscape increasingly volatile. The pace of change is faster and only set to increase. To succeed, business needs to become more agile, creative, alert, spontaneous and responsive. In short, it needs to learn to operate in completely new ways.
The changes call for businesses to operate in ways more akin to living systems. Living systems learn and adapt; they are not structured and working in silos; they don't stifle learning and agility. Businesses that operate in these ways are bottom-up, decentralised, interdependent and multi-functional; they feature self-organising units.
To read the original article: Transformational times call for transformational change | Guardian Sustainable Business | guardian.co.uk
