Teeming

Ultra-social animals like dolphins, elephants, wolves, and baboons work together to accomplish complex tasks just like we do, because the power of individual intelligence has its limits. Ants, honeybees, slime molds, and fungi have discovered a more effective way to collaborate and innovate: through networks. By coordinating the actions of millions of individuals, networked species create rich hotspots of sustainable abundance. Today, the internet gives us the power to harness these same strategies for our own success. Using six time-tested principles, Dr. Woolley-Barker shows how businesses can mimic these techniques for generating long-lasting value in an unpredictable world.