Concept · Systems Thinking
Feedback Loops
Origin: Cybernetics / Norbert Wiener
Biological Parallel
Every biological system runs on feedback loops—from glucose-insulin regulation maintaining blood sugar to predator-prey cycles oscillating through decades. When deer populations surge, wolves thrive and multiply; when wolf numbers peak, deer decline, reducing wolf food supply in an endless dance. These loops aren't metaphors for business systems; business systems are instances of the universal pattern biology perfected over 3.8 billion years.