Behavior
Flocking Coordination
The mechanisms by which groups of animals achieve coordinated movement without central control, producing emergent collective patterns.
Biological Context
Starling murmurations, fish schools, and locust swarms emerge from simple rules: maintain spacing, align with neighbors, move toward the group center. These rules produce complex, adaptive group behavior without any individual controlling the whole.
Business Application
Organizational flocking: how teams coordinate without micromanagement. Shared principles and local information can produce aligned action without centralized control.