The Organization And The Environment Are In

Evolution Doesn't Care About What Makes Sense; It Cares About What Works

But In Fact, When You Try To Model That On A Computer You Find That Because Of The Very Structure Of Matter And Of The Chemical Bonds That Are The Basis Of Every Organism, Evolution Is Not Random At All. It Will Tend To Follow Certain Paths.

It's Generally Much Easier To Kill An Organization Than To Change It Substantially.

The Organization And The Environment Are In Concert.

Preserve The Core, And Let The Rest Flux. In Their Wonderful Bestseller Built To Last, Authors James Collins And Jerry Porras Make A Convincing Argument That Long-lived Companies Are Able To Thrive 50 Years Or More By Retaining A Very Small Heart Of Unchanging Values, And Then Stimulating Progress In Everything Else. At Times "everything" Includes Changing The Business The Company Operates In, Migrating, Say, From Mining To Insurance. Outside The Core Of Values, Nothing Should Be Exempt From Flux. Nothing.