Complexity for Innovation Management
Submitted by Francis Heylighen on Thu, 07/17/2008 - 16:09
Complexity Thinking for Entrepreneurs and Innovation Management
The general concepts and principles of complexity, evolution and cognition apply in particular to present-day business, which takes place in an ever evolving ecosystem of competitors, suppliers, customers, technologies, rules, etc. Successful business requires constant innovation to adapt to a rapidly changing environment, and a broad and deep understanding of future opportunities and risks. The concepts and mechanisms underlying complex, adaptive systems and evolutionary cybernetics need to be developed into a concrete toolbox for the entrepreneur or manager, that would help him or her to see clearly through the web of non-linear interactions and dependencies, and to steer an efficient, goal-directed course through the unpredictable changes that accompany them, ready to exploit any novel idea or opportunity. ... ... ... Researchers: Kiemen, Goldchstein, Vada, Holbrouck, Iliano, Heylighen, Gershenson Selected References:
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