an online book by David Gurteen
World #2 is the socio-technical-economic realm we have built over the past 50,000 years. It encompasses the advancements made during the first industrial revolution and the subsequent 250 years, as well as the progress achieved in the last 75 years since the third industrial revolution.
In an increasingly complex world, appointed leaders simply don’t know enough to decide what is new and better. Leadership is a group sport, not an individual heroic activity. | Edgar Schein Continue reading Leadership Is a Group Sport, Not an Individual Heroic Activity Edgar Schein
Human history spans 200,000 years, marked by a significant shift from survival in the natural world to today’s entangled, complex socio-technical world. Our brains, shaped for simpler times, struggle to navigate this new complexity. To survive, we must adapt our thinking to better understand and manage the interconnected challenges of today’s world. Continue reading Two Worlds Learning to live in an entangled world
We live in a dense digital landscape shaped by constant streams of information. The scale and speed create confusion and distort what we rely on to make sense of the world. A clearer view emerges when we treat this shared environment as an ecosystem and care for its integrity. Continue reading The Global Information Ecosystem We live in a vast sea of information
We have entered a new world that is increasingly dynamic and hyperconnected. This has massive consequences for us. Continue reading Our World Is Hyperconnected The world is an increasingly connected place
