Teeming: How Superorganisms Work Together to Build Infinite Wealth on a Finite Planet (and your company can too)

The most successful species are those that adapt to change, and the same is true in business. An entertaining and accessible read with profound implications for the future, Teeming takes us on a journey through nature’s most ancient and successful R&D labs, and gives practical prescriptions for redesigning organizations to flourish far into the future. For hundreds of millions of years, they have worked in huge cities tens of millions strong compounding their wealth from one generation to the next with no management whatsoever. We can do it too.. Earth's most ancient and successful societies – the ants and termites, and vast fungal networks underground – have already solved the problem. Today's global organizations need a new way t

"Why buy this book?" according to Randall Anway. Why buy this book? On the surface, the author offers a blithe list of principles that suggestively and speculatively could apply to business. A more careful reading reveals numerous strategies for growth, competitive advantage, and integration into diverse communities.It’s a risky proposition, though. The underlying assumption is that business leadership will venture outside (literally and figuratively) their organization fro operational inspiration. But it’s interesting how the author confidently weaves between the l. This book is awesome! A must-read for anyone running a business This book is awesome! A must-read for anyone running a business, alone or with employees. Dr. Woolley-Barker is fantastic at writing about science in a way that someone without a science-based background can understand and comprehend. She's witty and funny, and mixes in anecdotes about life and personal experiences. I found it to be an easy and interesting read, especially for business/science based books, which can sometimes get lost in terminology and facts. Read this book and prepare to be blown away by the way nature is a tot. 5 Stars and a big brava! Robin Sol Lieberman I have known and worked with Dr. Tamsin for years. She is, quite simply put, a genius. Her ability to "save the world" is demonstrated in black and white ink in TEEMING. Dr. Tamsin is terrifically committed to scientifically understanding how 3.8 billion years of nature's success strategies can be co-opted by some of the most powerful forces for change in 21st century Earth--our corporations. P.S. Dr. Tamsin is a fantastic writer! Get ready to learn while being delightfully entertained by her writing excellency. 5 Stars and a big

The principles are easy to apply, and it's not far-fetched to say your organization will thrive like the ants and fungus if you do. Tamsin Woolley-Barker is a gifted and creative writer, and a scientist with wide-ranging experience and knowledge. This book is of great value to anyone interested in self-organization in living nature and how we can apply our understanding of it to human organizations. As with colonies of ants, clouds of bats, packs of wolves, schools of fish, and huge gatherings of all other social organisms, a swarm of humans (a rally, an army, a corporation) does not behave like the sum of its individual parts. With gracious ease, Tamsin Woolley-Barker blends her passion and expertise for sociobiology, facilitation, ecology and systems thinking to provide the theoretical insight and practical application we sorely need in redesigni

Tamsin serves as an independent consultant for a Fortune 100 clientele and is an Adjunct Professor at Arizona State University's new Biomimicry Center. . Tamsin Woolley-Barker is an Evolutionary Biologist and Biomimicry pioneer. She lives in San Diego, CA. Her social genetic work on Ethiopian baboons is part of the longest-running and most complete study of any wild primate population to date