Biomimicry in Organizations: Business Management Inspired by Nature

by Fausto Tazzi

What would you do if you had 4 billion years to either improve or die?

Chances are, you'd create the most finely-tuned machine in the known universe. Nature is a breathtaking project in survival and competition. The results have been spectacular. Nature has found a home in every corner of the globe - from the frigid ice sheets of Antarctica to the scalding waters around volcanic vents. That's testament to Nature's ability to succeed even in the face of enormous stresses. To do this, Nature has to be:

Efficient Flexible Collaborative Creative Diverse

These and other competitive traits of Nature have allowed it to thrive for billions of years - against enormous odds. Now, in Biomimicry for Organizations, you can examine for yourself the very qualities that Nature uses to resist the stresses of the surrounding environment and proliferate. You'll have access to insights based on the most competitive organizational model on the planet.

Start your journey towards greater organizations today:

Discover the qualities that Nature uses to resist the stresses of the surrounding environments and proliferate Get access to insights based on the most competitive organizational models on the planet Discover how you can make these solutions work for you and your organization Make your business, your team, your processes more efficient Re-envision problems and opportunities, overcome roadblocks to success and optimal functioning Obtain radical improvements in the organization of your resources All of this shown - in a plain and simple English - with New edition, with enhanced emphasis on key concepts and simple workshop suggestions to put biomimicry at work for you now.

174 pages, Paperback

First published December 19, 2014

Reviews

[moonglow]

I appreciate the spirit or intention of this book, but overall, it is too general and does not provide any concrete and practical guidance on how to emulate nature to create or shape better organizations. This is a big problem that I've observed in general -- too much time is spent talking about a problem and what should be done in a very general sense, yet not enough energy is spent on developing and sharing real solutions to actually solve the problem. I also wish the book had included examples of companies that have successfully applied biomimicry to their organization... what did they do? What worked for them? What didn't work? Unfortunately, I don't think a single example was given in the book, or at least very few and unmemorable ones. As a beloved high school teacher used to say, this book is "like cotton candy -- all fluff and no substance."