Book 1
Foundations
First principles of organizational life. Starting at the cellular level and building up to ecosystems, covering metabolism, homeostasis, growth mechanisms, symbiosis, selection, and ecosystem dynamics.
9 Chapters
Chapter 0
Introduction
Why Your Organization Is Already Alive
Chapter 1From Cells to Companies
The Basic Unit of Organizational Life
Chapter 2Metabolism and Burn Rate
How Organizations Consume Resources
Chapter 3Growth Mechanisms
The Biology of Organizational Scaling
Chapter 4Environmental Sensing
How Organizations Perceive Their World
Chapter 5Reproduction and Replication
Creating New Organizational Life
Chapter 6Symbiosis and Exchange
The Biology of Business Relationships
Chapter 7Natural Selection
Market Forces as Evolutionary Pressure
Chapter 8Ecosystem Thinking
Understanding Markets as Living Systems