Organizing around intelligence: the new paradigm

Organizing Around Intelligence (2nd Edition) introduces a new mindset in leading, managing and structuring human organizations in the 21st Century. This paradigm shift is vital as humankind enters the intelligence era (the core of the knowledge economy). Focusing on nurturing highly intelligent human organizations (iCAS), the intelligent organization theory introduced in the book recounts the revelation and significance of intelligence management that concentrates on the human thinking systems and the orgmind. In addition to the basic concepts of CAS and the complex adaptive dynamics, several mind-stimulating concepts/models in the new perspective such as the integrated deliberate and emergent strategy, general information theory, 3C-OK interdependency framework, intelligent person model, paper dialogue and the intelligence leadership theory are also discussed. Understanding these intelligence-centric frameworks/models provides a better strategy for leading and managing highly intelligent human organizations and creates a more sustainable intelligence advantage.

1. Entering the intelligence era. 1.1. Introduction. 1.2. Some major world changes. 1.3. Chaos and complexity theory. 1.4. Some properties of complex adaptive systems. 1.5. Managing complex adaptive systems. 1.6. Edge of chaos : an unexplored goldmine. 1.7. Conclusion -- 2. The new paradigm. 2.1. Introduction. 2.2. The new consciousness. 2.3. The fresh mindset. 2.4. The intelligence paradigm and intelligence management. 2.5. Conclusion -- 3. Fundamentals of intelligent organization theory. 3.1. Introduction. 3.2. Intelligence and intelligent traits. 3.3. Levels of organizational intelligence. 3.4. Intelligence, information and language. 3.5. Theory and knowledge structure. 3.6. Inherent intelligent structure and the basic intelligence strategy. 3.7. Conclusion -- 4. Intelligent biotic and complex adaptive structure of human organization. 4.1. Introduction. 4.2. Human intelligence and consciousness. 4.3. Structuring around intelligence : the first perspective. 4.4. Intelligent interacting agents. 4.5. Orgmind and orgmindfulness. 4.6. Intelligent intangible structure. 4.7. Intelligent physical structure. 4.8. Connectivity and artificial networks : natural nodes and artificial nodes.…