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Wheatley 2006
Notes from Leadership and the New Science
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Graduate
08/10/2010

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"New Science"

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Focuses on holism rather than parts

emphasizing relationships in quantum theory

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Gaia Theory

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(Lovelock 1988)

 

The earth is a self-regulating super-system composed of interdependent systems that make life possible

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Chaos Theory

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Order and Chaos go together.

 

Even within chaotic systems well-ordered and predictable boundaries exist

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Autopoesis

Definition

Life's fundamental process for creating/renewing itself 

 

Lit. self-producing/self-making

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Quantum Leaps

Definition
move from one place to another without transition points
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Dissipative Structures

Self-organizing systems

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Dissipative Structures give up their forms to recreate themselves in new forms, as adaptive and resilient self-organizing systems
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Process Structures

 

 

 

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reorganize into different forms to maintain their identity
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Self Reference

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Occurs when a system notices it needs to change and changes so that it remains consistent with itself
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Co-evolution

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Occurs as changing systems affect their environment 
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Systems Intelligence

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Systems with the ability to process information, notice, and respond, possess intelligence
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Relational Holism

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Where systems emerge from the relationships among subatomic particles
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Dwelling Consciousness

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When we dwell with a problem, we move past analytical skills and into sense perceptions (Martin Heidegger)
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Paradigm Blindness

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When people are unable to see information that challenges/disconfirms their worldview

 

 

(Cf. Heiffetz - this is a real danger for those he describes as managers)

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Content Summary

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Asserts information is critical. Rather than rationing information, leaders must share it.

 

Why? Information allows for self-organizing systems.

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