Scientific Definition
Old systems decline as new ones emerge in parallel; leaders steward both, not just kill the old or chase the new.
Plain-English Definition
Old systems decline as new ones emerge in parallel; leaders steward both, not just kill the old or chase the new.
Feynman Explanation
You can't replace what you haven't first composted.
Core Principle
Old systems decline as new ones emerge in parallel; leaders steward both, not just kill the old or chase the new.
Mechanisms
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Old systems decline as new ones emerge in parallel; leaders steward both, not just kill the old or chase the new.
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Why succession, transformation, and platform migrations look like chaos from inside.
Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
You can't replace what you haven't first composted.
Examples
- Margaret Wheatley & Berkana Institute's framework for system transitions.
- Why succession, transformation, and platform migrations look like chaos from inside.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Name where each initiative sits on the two loops. Allocate different leadership styles to each.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
- Name where each initiative sits on the two loops. Allocate different leadership styles to each.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Outputs of a system are routed back as inputs, amplifying or dampening change.
Map reinforcing (R) and balancing (B) feedback loops between variables to see system behavior.
A system with many interacting parts that learn and adapt.
Many interacting parts producing emergent behavior nobody designed.
Interdependent network of actors evolving together.
The whole has properties that the individual parts do not.
Systems maintain stability by self-regulating around a setpoint.
Stocks are accumulations; flows are rates of change that affect them.
Behavior emerges from structure, not from individuals.
Systems that gain from disorder.
Approach motivation — pursuit of rewards and goals.
Avoidance motivation — sensitivity to punishment, uncertainty, and threat.