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New articles have been added, see: http://www.minessence.net/articles/Articles.aspx

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• New article added, The Power of Storytelling: What nonprofits can teach the private sector about social media, to our articles page.
• The document A Snapshot of Us & the AVI has been updated. It includes the latest AVI Report--this one designed by Magma Effect Limited.

Emergence in organizations: the reflexive turn

"In this paper we explore the role and meaning of the concept of emergence in the study of organizations. A brief recount of the history of the concept of emergence illustrates a general failure to distinguish between the mechanisms of emergence present in systems comprised of simple material or biological agents and those associated with systems comprised of human actors. We argue that it is reasonable to expect that what can emerge changes as the fundamental characteristics of the agent changes. Human agents are distinctive in the ability to distinguish 'self' from 'other' and in so doing to reflexively interact with our environment. We examine the implications of this observation and propose the definition of distinct forms of emergence. If we are to understand organizations as emergent properties of change then we must understand the nature of emergence itself." - Christopher Goldspink and Robert Kay

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What's New?

• Welcome to Mary Burton, Value Consultant from Apprise Solutions Limited.
• The ACCL Daily is out now: http://bit.ly/hiSCSk  
• Article: "When Your Worldview Changes, Your Priority Values Change" by Paul Chippendale in the Values Journal

New & Updated BioNotes

•  Welcome, Dr Anthony Watt to the Minessence Group Team of Value Consultants. Tony's BioNote is at: http://bit.ly/9dN5FG -- look forward to working with you Tony.
• Dougal Thompson and Michael Henderson have both updated their BioNotes, see: http://bit.ly/cU7t41 & http://bit.ly/9taTG8 

Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce

Want to know more about the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) who created the above RSA Animate? See: http://bit.ly/9WiMDQ