Some thoughts on Complexity, Leadership & Democracy
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Podcast: What If... organizations would truly behave like living ecosystems? (EN)
How adopting self-organizing principles from nature could transform decision-making and adaptability in businesses, how traffic jams offer insights into organizational flow and how the behavior of bird flocks and ant colonies can inspire leadership strategies. With The Creativs.
Dezember 2025
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Artikel: Von komplexen Systemen und aktiver Hoffnung (DE)
Was wir von Vogelschwärmen über Nachhaltigkeit lernen. Interview mit dem Good News Magazin zur Frage, wie wir unsere Welt als komplexes System verstehen, wie wir daraus umwelt- und klimafreundliche Strategien ableiten können und warum wir Hoffnung aktiv kultivieren müssen.
Januar 2025
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Podcast: Die Rolle von Komplexität in der nachhaltigen Markenführung und Transformation (DE)
Was ist eigentlich Komplexität? Was bedeuten Selbstorganisation, Emergenz und Pfadabhängigkeit? Und wie geht man mit Komplexität um als einzelner und als Unternehmen? Bei der BAM! Bock auf Morgen School.
Januar 2024
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Article: Tackling the Climate Challenge with Systems Leadership (EN)
On the power of procurement in tackling the climate challenge, building sustainable business and leading in a way that combines purpose with performance.
In collaboration with colleagues from Egon Zehnder.
November 2023
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TEDx-Talk: What a flock of birds can teach you about sustainability (EN)
On how ecological systems form, self-organize and develop resilience in the light of global transformations and sustainability challenges. Better remember to do what is right, to demand transparency and to prepare for uncertainty. (Sound gets better after minute 1)
Dezember 2017
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Brinck & Jensen 2018: Bottom-up versus top-down control and the transfer of information in complex model ecosystems. Link
Brinck 2018: Dynamics of life - self-organisation, co-adaptation & the evolution of resilience in complex ecosystems, PhD Thesis Imperial College London. Link
Brinck, Fischer et al. 2017: High resolution analysis of tropical forest fragmentation and its impact on the global carbon cycle, Nature Communications. Link
Brinck & Jensen 2017: The evolution of ecosystem ascendency in a complex systems based model, Journal of Theoretical Biology. Link
Brinck 2014: Information Entropy and Ecological Energetics: Predicting and Analysing Structure and Energy Flow in Ecological Networks applying the Concept of MaxEnt, Master Thesis Umeå University. Link