Book 6: Adaptation and Evolution
23 frameworks derived from this book's biological principles
2-Week Convergence Audit
A step-by-step implementation process to analyze convergence in your industry and make strategic decisions. Requires 10-15 hours over two weeks, ideal...
2-Week Gene Flow Mapping Sprint
A structured 2-week process to create an organization's first gene flow map using existing data. Week 1 focuses on data collection and quantification;...
Adaptive Radiation Design
A comprehensive framework for diagnosing radiation potential, designing organizational structures that enable specialization, and managing the tension...
Architect vs. Adapter Framework
A strategic framework for deciding when to actively construct competitive environments (Architect) versus adapt to existing ones (Adapter). Helps diag...
Co-evolution Navigation Framework
A comprehensive framework for diagnosing whether you're in an arms race, assessing whether escalation is sustainable or destructive, and identifying p...
Convergence Prediction Framework
A diagnostic framework for predicting whether convergence is likely in an industry and identifying which dimensions will converge versus which permit...
Drift-Resistance Framework
A comprehensive framework for identifying when organizations are vulnerable to drift, distinguishing drift from selection in outcomes, and designing s...
Extinction Resilience Framework
A comprehensive framework for diagnosing organizational extinction risk, building buffers against catastrophic shocks, and avoiding extinction vortice...
Gene Flow Decision Tree
Too little flow = groupthink. Too much = culture soup. Population genetics predicts it precisely: "one migrant per generation" prevents populations fr...
Gene Flow Governance Framework
A comprehensive framework for strategically managing the flow of people, practices, and ideas into and out of an organization. Provides diagnostic too...
Innovation Rate Framework
A comprehensive framework for calibrating organizational 'mutation rates' - how much to invest in exploration (innovation, R&D, experimentation) versu...
Mutation Rate Audit
A structured assessment tool for quantifying an organization's current innovation investment and comparing it to industry benchmarks and market requir...
Mutualistic Competition Matrix
A 2x2 matrix that helps diagnose whether competitive dynamics should shift from antagonistic to mutualistic by mapping industries along multi-homing c...
Niche Construction Playbook
A playbook providing specific niche construction tactics, metrics, and resource allocation guidelines for companies at different stages of growth, fro...
Niche Landscape Sprint
When a finch-like bird colonized the Galápagos Islands 2-3 million years ago, it didn't immediately diversify into 15 species with specialized beaks f...
Platform Independence Model
Organizational architecture model enabling adaptive radiation: ventures share infrastructure but maintain decision-making autonomy. Based on three pri...
Radiation Triangle
The three biological ingredients required for adaptive radiation: ecological opportunity (empty niches or access to underexploited resources), evolvab...
Red Queen Burn Rate Calculator
A financial metric that reveals whether competitive investments are escalating sustainably or driving toward exhaustion. Measures the rate at which co...
Scored Calibration Framework
A quantitative scoring system to calculate target annual migration rate based on three dimensions: strategy differentiation needs (1-5), environmental...
Strategic Radiation Triangle
The organizational analog to the biological Radiation Triangle. Three ingredients for organizational adaptive radiation: market opportunity (underserv...
The 70-20-10 Rule
A resource allocation framework for diversifying innovation investments across three risk categories: 70% Core Business (maintain and optimize existin...
Twenty Warning Signs
Dynamic monitoring checklist of 20 indicators that signal increasing extinction risk. Unlike the static vulnerability audit, this tracks changes over...
Vulnerability Audit
Systematic assessment of organizational vulnerability to extinction by evaluating intrinsic factors (internal weaknesses) and extrinsic factors (envir...