Ninety-nine hundredths or, possibly, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousandths of our activity is purely automatic and habitual, from our rising in the morning to our lying down each night.
William James

Genius... means little more than the faculty of perceiving in an unhabitual way.

William James

The Energy Fractal.....universal genius that unleashes the power to choose the unhabitual way.  A new leadership paradigm
John Raddall

Energy Fractals.  Your Power to Choose the Unfamiliar Way.

Our universe is a simple place.  It operates according to three rules.  Energy.  Energy fractals.  Evolution.

Rule one.  Nothing moves without energy.  Not a photon.  Not a neuron.  Not a galaxy.  And especially, not you.

Rule two.  Everything happens for the first time.  Each initial event is a unique energy fractal with the potential to survive and generate new complexity.  Universal examples include the emergence of life and consciousness.  Examples in our world include the wheel, literacy, flight, religions, economic systems, the internet, and now AI.

Rule three.  The universal evolutionary algorithm - 'the software' - links energy to all energy fractals in a continuous process of generating emergent intelligence and action.

Herein lies the secret to leadership success.  Understanding the three universal rules and applying them successfully in organisations.

Understanding the Equation behind the Energy Fractal - Applying the Three Rules

Our Quanta Energy Fractal Equation is based on the following assumptions and the three rules above.

1.  All human and all organisational performance is a direct function of available energy.
2.  All human energy is a direct function of available Intelligent Thinking, Intelligent Action and limited by Constraints.
3.  All energy fractals will contribute to both the flow of energy and the system's equilibrium level of energy.  This contribution can be positive or negative.
4. The impact of an energy fractal will tend to decline over time, tending towards zero.

An energy fractal is a simple initial event, that with regular and disciplined repetition, has the power and potential to generate emergent complexity.  Each energy fractal is unique.  It operates in four dimensions of space and time and represents a flow of positive energy, interacting and competing in a non-linear and chaotic space of other competing energy fractals.

All of this plus the three rules must be incorporated in the energy fractal equation.

Let's take a practical example.  Let's say you lead a relatively sedentary lifestyle and you decide you want to become fitter and trimmer.  With the advice of a fitness coach you agree to a new fitness programme that requires you to go to your nearby gym to complete your customised training sessions three times a week, Monday, Wednesday and Friday.  This is your simple energy fractal.

Assume you stick to your customised fitness programme and six months later we examine the impact of your energy fractal.  Remember the three rules above.  Your energy fractal requires design, energy to implement, and the automatic engagement with the evolutionary algorithm.  Our hypothesis states that such an energy fractal has a built-in type of holographic destiny.

After six months and with a high degree of probability we will expect you to be both much fitter and trimmer, and that this energy fractal impact will be measurable, positive and conclusive.  This is the first order impact - linear and logical.

However it is the second order impact that becomes really interesting.

After six months you are now fitter, have more energy, and are feeling more positive about life.  What new and positive impact might this have on your team?  Your customers?  Your family and friends?  And even your financial wellbeing?  All of these we could expect to be positive.

As time passes however the exponential impact of your fitness fractal will naturally start to decline and stabilise at a new level of equilibrium.  This means you may need to adjust your energy fractal to ensure that it remains powerful, creative and effective.  

Thus our energy fractal equations cover all the bases.  Energy.  Energy flow over time. Intelligent Thinkng.  Intelligent Action. Potential Constraints.  And the need for continuous fine tuning of your energy fractal.

The New Leadership Paradigm - Choosing Genius and the Unfamiliar Way

Five hundred years ago saw the introduction of the Reformation and one of the most powerful energy fractals that launched civilisation as we know it today.  Martin Luther's first step was to decree that all bibles were to be translated from Latin into German.  For fifteen hundred years the Church conducted its business in Latin, keeping the masses illiterate.  The Luther fractal opened the door for all Germans to have access to the bible in their own language. This meant one thing.  People needed to become literate.

Wittenberg was the centre of this remarkable revolution.  Within decades Wittenberg became the epicentre of this evolutionary transmogrification.  Increased literacy led to an explosion of second order impacts.  The area soon boasted the highest GDP per capita in Europe, becoming a magnet for the youngest, brightest and the best.

Five hundred years later and we are on the edge of another revolution.  Artificial Intelligence.  Already we are learning that our traditional leadership development techniques are too linear, too standardised, and not fit for current purpose.  Certainly hopelessly inadequate for an intelligence revolution, potentially infinitely greater than Luther's literacy revolution.

Philosophically each of us is given a choice.  Live a life governed by the energy fractals of others; or live a life governed by our own.

Leaders of tomorrow need to choose the latter.

The Quanta Solution 

We have worked with thousands of leaders, their teams, and organisations over the past three decades introducing them to the universal power of the energy fractal.  We have partners in South Africa, the United Kingdom, Czech Republic and Greece.

If you are the type of leader who understands the systemic principle of the energy fractal and how it may help you succeed in the decade ahead, contact me.

Happy to chat.

John Raddall

CEO, Quanta Consulting