Complex Systems

True help means not helping

Every act of help distributes incentives that determine how social systems evolve.

The Karma of Organisations

Organisations grow because some individuals give interpretations as gifts. The sentence may seem unusual. We are accustomed to thinking that organisations grow thanks to capital, technology, processes or skills. All important elements. Yet none of them is sufficient to explain why some organisations develop an extraordinary ability to understand their environment while others, despite having similar resources, remain trapped in outdated readings of reality. The difference often lies in the production and circulation of meaning.