Open Boundaries

by Schultz, Ron

• ISBN13: 9780738201559
• ISBN10: 0738201553
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-10-07
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Drawing from groundbreaking research at the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies, new insights on applying complexity thinking in business to break out of old patterns and imagine new possibilities

Author Biography

Howard Sherman is a managing director of the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies, a leader in the application of complexity thinking to business. A former member of the Santa Fe Institute’s Business Network, he has also served as an executive at Midas Inc. and president of Dion Corporation. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Ron Schultz is a director at Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group. Formerly a senior consultant to the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies and a contributor to Omni magazine, he is a founding partner in Learning Arts Publications and has written and cowritten eleven books on business management. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Howard Sherman is a managing director of the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies, a leader in the application of complexity thinking to business. A former member of the Santa Fe Institute’s Business Network, he has also served as an executive at Midas Inc. and president of Dion Corporation. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.Ron Schultz is a director at Senn-Delaney Leadership Consulting Group. Formerly a senior consultant to the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies and a contributor to Omni magazine, he is a founding partner in Learning Arts Publications and has written and cowritten eleven books on business management. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Authors' note	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
The Myth of the Closed System	p. 2
A New Way of Thinking	p. 14
Principles, Models, Rules, and Behaviors	p. 42
Demystifying Complexity	p. 62
Language, Narrative, and Metaphor	p. 90
Real-World Applications for Coevolving Metaphors	p. 112
Ideas Are the Geometries of Behaviors	p. 144
The Franchise Model: Purpose in Action	p. 166
Apprehending the Future	p. 188
Postmodern Management--Integrating Beliefs and Methodologies	p. 207
Arriving at Complexity	p. 213
Notes	p. 217
Glossary	p. 221
About the Santa Fe Center for Emergent Strategies	p. 225
Index	p. 227
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