Biological First Principles
Biological First Principles is the core meta-framework of the entire book series: applying the actual mechanisms that govern living systems to organizational challenges.
Biology has mechanisms and business has maxims.
This book - and the series it begins - applies biological first principles to organizational growth. Not as metaphor. Not as inspiration. As literal operational knowledge. This is what I call Biological First Principles™ - using the actual mechanisms that govern all living systems to understand and improve how organizations work.
Organisms aren't machines. You can't just swap out parts and expect the same performance. You can't optimize one subsystem without affecting others. You can't grow infinitely by following the same pattern that worked when you were small. Biology figured this out across four billion years of ruthless experimentation.
Business Application of Biological First Principles
Biological First Principles is the core meta-framework of the entire book series: applying the actual mechanisms that govern living systems to organizational challenges. Not metaphor - literal operational knowledge derived from four billion years of tested experiments. The key insight: organizations are organisms, and the same rules apply.