Comments on: The plane that was flown by 500 pilots http://blog.enablersnetwork.com/2010/02/28/the-plane-that-was-flown-by-500-pilots/ Leadership Engagement Expert & Board Advisor Sat, 28 Aug 2010 02:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: “Being a victim of disruption or being the disruptor?” http://blog.enablersnetwork.com/2010/02/28/the-plane-that-was-flown-by-500-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-278 “Being a victim of disruption or being the disruptor?” Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:58:05 +0000 http://blog.enablersnetwork.com/?p=195#comment-278 [...] The plane that was flown by 500 pilots [...] [...] The plane that was flown by 500 pilots [...]

]]> By: Leen de Waal http://blog.enablersnetwork.com/2010/02/28/the-plane-that-was-flown-by-500-pilots/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Leen de Waal Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:44:01 +0000 http://blog.enablersnetwork.com/?p=195#comment-262 Hi DIdier, again: intersting line of thought! Combining 500 Pilots, with an open economy gets you towards the organisation you'll see in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE , please look at the video, and what happens as of two minutes into the video. What you'll see is truly amazing, and must inspire you for the combination both topics. The idea is the way these starlings fly, is seemingly pointless.... However, as the voice-over explains, the birds have a very clear goal and sense of purpose! But what's more important they apparently are able to organise themselves perfectly according to local rules (bottom-up as we probably would say. The starlings never collide, and keep similar distances, as you can tell by the clear cut edges of the figures they form. There is no leader 'directing' them, though they are able to form perfect organisations.... what does this tell us? Apparently each single bird does as it is supposed to do according to its own/local rules, and though they cannot predict where the neighbor will fly, the never collide..... Extremely interesting! Should you want to read more on this topic: Richard Dawkins, The greatest show on Earth (esp. ch 8), Dawkins tries to prove evolution must be true; and no matter what your own opinion is, definitely worthwile reading material, and I'm currently figuring out what this stuff means for people in organisations. Enjoy! Leen de Waal Hi DIdier,

again: intersting line of thought! Combining 500 Pilots, with an open economy gets you towards the organisation you’ll see in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XH-groCeKbE , please look at the video, and what happens as of two minutes into the video. What you’ll see is truly amazing, and must inspire you for the combination both topics.

The idea is the way these starlings fly, is seemingly pointless…. However, as the voice-over explains, the birds have a very clear goal and sense of purpose! But what’s more important they apparently are able to organise themselves perfectly according to local rules (bottom-up as we probably would say. The starlings never collide, and keep similar distances, as you can tell by the clear cut edges of the figures they form. There is no leader ‘directing’ them, though they are able to form perfect organisations…. what does this tell us? Apparently each single bird does as it is supposed to do according to its own/local rules, and though they cannot predict where the neighbor will fly, the never collide….. Extremely interesting!

Should you want to read more on this topic: Richard Dawkins, The greatest show on Earth (esp. ch 8), Dawkins tries to prove evolution must be true; and no matter what your own opinion is, definitely worthwile reading material, and I’m currently figuring out what this stuff means for people in organisations.

Enjoy!
Leen de Waal

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