The way to build a complex system that works is to build it from very simple systems that work.

My major goal in business was to learn. I had legislated in my mind for failure the worse possible scenario was I would learn a lot regardless of the outcome. This goal was the foundation for success of the business. Peldi, Balsamiq

The most interesting thing about change in the environment is that for the most part the environment isn't changing.

In a broad systems sense, an organism's environment is indistinguishable from the organism itself.

Nobody is as smart as everybody.

When a system is in turbulence, the turbulence is not just out there in the environment, but is a part of the organization or organism that you are looking at.

The nature of an innovation is that it will arise at a fringe where it can afford to become prevalent enough to establish its usefulness without being overwhelmed by the inertia of the orthodox system.