Sustain

PART 1

The Mechanics of Self-Organizing Systems

Part 1: Improvement mostly arises on the workings of self-organization.

The phenomenon called emergence can efficiently auto-arrange our noisy variety of interests and contributions, to generate a species of order that continues to re-extend itself in forward-running loops. This is the thing we are seeing when we experience sustainment.

It is the mechanics “under the hood” of Lean. Under conditions that promote the forces and workings of emergence, improvement advances (sustains). Where such arrangements get undone, collaborating groups tribally revert.