ecosystem for business PDF

An ant is a relatively dumb creature. But many ants together form a very
clever whole. A human being is a rather intelligent creature. However, if
many humans are put together, a very foolish whole is often the result!
We are living in an era in which our – efficiency-driven – society is
increasingly getting stuck. We are moving from one crisis to another.
Therefore we will somehow have to become more effective.
An ant colony operates in an amazingly effective way! The cooperation
of ants is completely different. They do not use a business-balanced
scorecard and top-down management is a concept unknown to them.
Our present businesses can learn a lot from ant colonies. Cooperation
will be much more organic in what could be called a learning network.
It shows all the characteristics of an ecosystem. An ecosystem
for business.