I attend a session on Improvisation and Biomimicry conducted by Belina Raffy from the U.K. As if there’s any doubt that improvisation is the most natural thing in the world, consider these points from one of Belina’s slides:

1) Nature creates freedom within structure;

2) Nature recycles everything;

3) Nature rewards cooperation;

4) Nature demands local expertise;

5) Nature curbs excesses from within.

Yet how many organizations and brands attempt to circumvent biology? The new organizational model, as we point out at GameChangers, is more biological than mechanical. Only by embracing what is natural and biological can a networked organization stay in sync and in tune with its environment. Humans, are, after all, biological organisms, and participants in the Ecosystem, Gaia, God’s Plan, The Grand Experiment, or whatever you want to call it. It is our obligation to play along. Thank you Belina!