3. Complexity Theory in 30 seconds or less Geometry Chaos Theory Photos from IMDB, Wikipedia With the right equations and enough time, we can describe anything! Never mind – if that butterfly flaps his wings, we’ll all be eaten by dinosaurs.
4. Complexity Theory Mold of an ant colony! Photos from IMDB, Wikipedia Hmm…in some types of complex environments , structures, behaviors and properties seem to emerge , even though there’s no blueprint, for individual agents to follow
5. Emergence in Nature Photos from Wikipedia Individual agents self-organizing in an environment to form complex behaviors . Shape of a Hurricane Termite Mounds
6. Emergence in Society Photos from Wikipedia, vanenschot.com Individual agents self-organizing in an environment to form complex behaviors .
7. Emergence in Communities Pictures from seekingalpha.com, prblog.com Agents = People Environments = Markets Social Networks Games Workplaces Emergent Behaviors = Working Together Buying Things Contributing Emergent Properties = Fun Popular Successful Productive
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9. In companies, new “non-linear” behaviors are emerging … Blogs Wikis IM RSS Forums Docs 1 2 3 4
10. … and one of the important emergent properties is that of roles (aka Agent Profiles) CONNECTOR SEEKER INFLUENCER EXPERT (Maven) Blogs Wikis IM RSS Forums Docs
15. … hence the rise of the Online Beta to kick-start viral market success… >200 Betas launched per month in ’07 ! Product Managers Development Teams Marketing Teams Tech Support New Markets Target Customers Early Adopters Evangelists
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17. … and new marketing systems built specifically for viral adoption…
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19. So that’s Emergence… Individual agents self-organizing in an environment to form complex behaviors .
20. And if you’re interested in learning more… [email_address]
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Hi – KT from SCG Going to talk about Emergence. Emergence is one of main ideas of Complexity Theory, which I Got into a few years ago, and it changed how I look at the world.
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