Slides from a lightning talk at AgileDC 2017 that present several different metaphors from biology and how they can be used to ask questions about software organizations.
One of the things that make cancer so difficult
-- evolve rapidly
-- Find pathways to turn on cells to promote growth
-- Turn off pathways than regular growth
-- Turn on support paths (Blood vessels)
-- Turn o
This isn’t even a comprehensive way that new variations can be explored
Crossover
Point mutations
Viruses
https://www.boundless.com/biology/textbooks/boundless-biology-textbook/the-evolution-of-populations-19/population-genetics-131/genetic-variation-530-12943/
Genes can be further modified, and regulated.
How does your organization experiment with new approaches?
Does your organization try to have one size fit all?
Different forms may be successful in different contexts
Genetic variation means constant exploration of new paths to
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/48990604/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/death-march-ancient-horseshoe-crab-fossilized/#.V9tL15MrKuo
100 Million year old horseshoe crab
Their appearance is the same, but they still evolve…. https://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/horseshoe-crabs-arent-living-fossils-2/
Sometimes when you find something that works, stick with it…still not a reason not to try experiments
10 microbiota cells for every human cell
Conditions in microbiota related to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4315779/
http://www.pnas.org/content/90/7/3009.full.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamine_synthetase
Gene more than a billion years old