Can organisations be understood as systems?
The themes explored include:
The Organisational Manifold: Can organisations be mapped into a common space that reveals their underlying shape? If organisations occupy a common space, then lessons from one may transfer to another.
AI as a Context Layer: What happens when intelligence becomes ambient and is embedded throughout the organisation? Intelligence may move from individuals and applications into the environment itself.
Organisational Shape: Can hidden structure be inferred from observable behaviour? If shape can be inferred from behaviour, then organisations may become measurable in entirely new ways.
The essays are exploratory and cumulative; each builds on the last, refining the ideas over time.
Taken together, they form an attempt to describe a more realistic model of how organisations behave and how they might be understood in the future.