Nature's Blueprint for Business

What nature can teach us about organizations

In this episode we discuss:

• what Biomimicry is and how got Ines interested in it (0:40)
• why edges are especially interesting for organizations (3:58)
• how organizations benefit from disorder and less unnatural structures (9:01)
• he external God complex (12:40)
• why hording resources is not natural and often not helpful (17:04)
• why standardization is a myth and redundancy can be a good thing (20:08)

Resources:

• Ines Garcia's Website: https://www.inesgarcia.me/
• Ines' book "Nature's Blueprint for Business": https://www.routledge.com/Natures-Blueprint-for-Business-Harnessing-the-Hidden-Power-of-Edges/Garcia/p/book/9781032953410
• Ines' book "Sustainable Happy Profit": https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1838163131/ref=aslitl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1838163131&linkCode=as2&tag=getagile-21&linkId=56a8168913a505349af20b25a299edcb

Contact:

• Send Johannes an email at johannes.schartau@holisticon.de
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• Learn more about Holisticon: https://www.holisticon.de/