Keystone Species

"...s parasitism, and why the "best" company often doesn't win. Book 8: Ecosystem Orchestration How to think about entire markets as living systems. Keystone species (companies that hold ecosystems together), trophic cascades (how changes at one level ripple through entire systems), succession, invasive species, i..."

"...mbiotic relationships survive pressure? Chapter 8 expands to ecosystem scale: What happens when dozens or hundreds of organizations interact? How do keystone species (TSMC, Stripe, AWS) shape entire ecosystems? How do trophic cascades (wolves → elk → rivers) propagate through business networks? How do pioneer spec..."

"Decomposition releases nitrogen. Roots absorb it. Trees grow taller. Remove the salmon, and the forest dies. This is a keystone species: an organism whose impact on the ecosystem is disproportionately large relative to its abundance. Salmon aren't the most common species in this eco..."

"Mass extinctions reset ecosystems, favoring generalists. Ecological dominance: Dominant species (apex predators, dominant herbivores, keystone species) go extinct more often than subordinate species during mass extinctions, possibly because dominant species depend on complex food webs that collapse ..."

"...d networks (higher biodiversity) are typically more stable, but topology matters - random removal of species has less impact than targeted removal of keystone species (hubs). For organizations, network topology governs information flow, decision-making, innovation, and resilience."