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1.
LIFE’S
UNIVERSAL
DESIGN
PRINCIPLES
ANDWHY WE NEED
TO ALIGN WITH THEM
IN WORK, IN LEARNING,
IN COMMUNITY AND
EVERYWHERE IN BETWEEN
2.
THERE ARE MORE AND MORE SIGNS THAT
HUMANITY IS OUT OF ALIGNMENT WITH THE
NATURAL PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF LIFE.
3.
LIFE’S PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OFFER
UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES
WE CAN USE TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS,
COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS THRIVE.
4.
ALL THRIVING
LIVING SYSTEMS
ARE GUIDED
BY 4 SUCH
DESIGN PRINCIPLES.
5.
CELLS INYOUR BODY BEES IN A HIVE
TREES IN A FOREST
PEOPLE IN AN
ORGANIZATION
1.THERE ARE PARTS
6.
THE MORE DIVERGENT
(OR DIVERSE) THE PARTS,
THE MORE RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE
AND CREATIVE THE
LIVING SYSTEM WILL BE.
7.
2.THERE ARE RELATIONSHIPS
THE PATTERNS AND STRUCTURES
OF INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PARTS
8.
E.G., CIRCULATORY, DIGESTIVE, SKELETAL &
OTHER SYSTEMS & STRUCTURES
E.G.,THE HIVE STRUCTURE;THE DANCES BEES
USE TO COMMUNICATE
E.G., MYCELIAL NETWORKS TREES USE TO
DISTRIBUTE NUTRIENTS ACROSS THE FOREST
E.G., PATTERNS OF INFO-SHARING & DECISION-
MAKING; SPACES THAT CONNECT & SUPPORT
9.
THE MORE OPEN AND FREE-FLOWING
THE RELATIONSHIPS,
THE MORE RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE AND
CREATIVE THE LIVING SYSTEM WILL BE.
10.
YOUR BODY THE BEE COLONY
THE FOREST
3.THERE IS A WHOLE
AN EMERGENT LEVEL OF LIFE WITH CHARACTERISTICS & CAPABILITIES OF ITS OWN
THAT CAN’T BE UNDERSTOOD BY LOOKING ONLY AT THE PARTS
THE ORGANIZATION
11.
THE MORE CONVERGENT THE WHOLE
(FOR EXAMPLE: THE MORE YOU REMAIN
RECOGNIZABLY YOU EVEN AS YOUR CELLS
ARE CONTINUOUSLY REPLACED)
THE MORE RESILIENT, ADAPTIVE AND CREATIVE
THE LIVING SYSTEM WILL BE.
12.
HINT:
IN ORGANIZATIONS
AND COMMUNITIES,
IT IS SHARED PURPOSE
THAT CREATES
WHOLENESS -
AND WITH IT,
EMERGENCE OF
NEW CAPABILITIES.
13.
4.THERE IS A
“SELF-INTEGRATING
PROPERTY”
THIS IS HOW BIOLOGISTS DESCRIBE THE WAY THAT…BY ITSELF
THE LIVING SYSTEM INTEGRATES ALL THOSE DIVERGENT PARTS
INTO A CONVERGENT WHOLE
IN DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY
IN AN ONGOING, MOMENT-BY-MOMENT PROCESS
OF SELF CREATION AND SELF-REGENERATION.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT’S WHAT MAKES THE LIVING SYSTEM ALIVE.
14.
THAT’S LIFE,RIGHT?
IT’S WHATEVER IT IS THAT ANIMATES US AND MAKES US ALIVE.
15.
THESE ARE LIFE’S UNIVERSAL DESIGN PRINCIPLES
DIVERGENT PARTS DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIP
CONVERGENT WHOLENESS
SELF-INTEGRATING,
SELF-REGENERATING LIFE
16.
WE CAN IMAGINE THIS SET OF
DESIGN PRINCIPLES AS A PRISM
CONTEXT*COMESIN
AND AS IT
PASSES
THROUGH
THE LIVING
SYSTEM
IT IS
TRANSFORMED
* PEOPLE, MATTER, ENERGY, INFORMATION…
32.
FROM MACHINES TO LIVING SYSTEMS.
NOW WE’RE CHANGING HOW WE SEE OURSELVES AND OUR WORLD:
33.
TO STEWARDS OR GARDENERS OF
SOMETHING PRECIOUS AND ALIVE.FROM DRIVERS OF A MACHINE...
WE’RE CHANGING HOW WE SEE OUR ROLE:
34.
TO CULTIVATE THE FERTILE CONDITIONS
FOR LIFE TO THRIVE.
AND WE’RE (RE)DISCOVERING A MORE MEANINGFUL PURPOSE
FOR OUR INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EFFORTS:
35.
NOW, WE CAN EACH STEP INTO
THE INFORMED INTENTION AND PRACTICE OF
CULTIVATING THE FERTILE CONDITIONS FOR LIFE TO THRIVE
WHEREVER WE FIND IT – AND WE FIND IT EVERYWHERE.
36.
NOW, WE CAN CULTIVATE NOT ONLY
PROFITABILITY AND PRODUCTIVITY BUT
THRIVABILITY
37.
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