Beyond Capitalism: A New Game
Business & Industry
Lead in Complexity
Competition assumes a finite game with winners and losers. And, that is great when the game is winnable.
Competition assumes a finite game with winners and losers. And, that is great when the game is winnable. In complex times, winning is not always an option. How do you frame a game where the goal is to keep playing, not to win? Sustainability, resilience, health are all situations where the question is not who wins and who loses but how the game can continue into the unknowable future.
Explore the implications of considering the economy and economic decisions as part of the infinite game of an emerging future.
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Finite and Infinite Games inform your decision making as you consider the long- and short-term implications of decisions and actions. In complex systems, it is crucial that you know whether you are making a decision, finding a solution, or taking action in a short-term, win-lose Finite Game, or if your actions and decisions are part of the longer-term, more sustainable Infinite Game.
April 2, 2015
Explore an alternative science and join an alternative practice to find breakthrough solutions to the most sticky issues. 19th Century theory and 20th Century practice keep us stuck in our 21st Century problems. Until we think about reality differently, we will not act differently. Until we act differently, we will not solve our most difficult problems. Step through the HSD looking glass to see in surprising ways, imagine innovations, and take Adaptive Action.
