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There Really Is a Simpler Way

Idea Architects

Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly. Living systems are self-organizing. Because we are living systems, most people are intelligent, creative, adaptive, and self-organizing. "We Living systems are webbed with feedback, with information available from all directions." a simpler way. By Margaret J.

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Following Sexual Harassment Scandal, Science Moves Forward

Associations Now

Jackie Speier (D-CA) criticized the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for its treatment of sexism issues in its magazine Science. .” (AAS, meanwhile, launched an anti-harassment policy of its own back in 2008, according to Nature.). Earlier this month, Rep.

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Culture Choices for Associations: People vs Process; Game Plan vs Blueprint

SCD Group

Modern bureaucracy is based on the assumption that a perfect system of management can anticipate every possible risk and opportunity, increase efficiency and result in the perfect organization. The flaws of this system and its mechanistic view of the world became especially pronounced in our knowledge age, when unpredictability is the norm.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: There Really Is a Simpler Way

Idea Architects

Here are a few of them: Living systems learn constantly. Living systems are self-organizing. Because we are living systems, most people are intelligent, creative, adaptive, and self-organizing. "We Living systems are webbed with feedback, with information available from all directions." a simpler way. By Margaret J.