"Our double task is now to preserve and foster both biological evolution as Nature designed it and cultural evolution as we invented it, trying to achieve the benefits of both, and exercising a wise restraint to limit the damage when they come into conflict,"
writes Freeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus in the School of Natural Sciences, in his Edge essay "Biological and Cultural Evolution: Six Characters in Search of an Author.
World renowned scientist and Nobel Prize Winner
The Energy Fractal that Drives Cultural Evolution
Organisations are living dynamic systems that need to learn the art of cultural evolution if they wish to compete and survive on a hostile landscape.
There is one major problem. They are really bad at understanding and applying the power and magic of evolution.
This is one of life's greatest mysteries.
We live in a universe 13.8 billion years old, 93 billion light years across, and the whole shebang is driven by four basic energy forces, some basic building materials and the absolute genius of the evolutionary algorithm.
We call the evolutionary algorithm, the brain of the universe. It has three basic steps. Repetition. Variation. Selection.
Wherever these three steps occur you MUST GET EVOLUTION. There is no alternative. Use it to your advantage. Ignore it at your peril.
This algorithm is so smart and so simple to apply that most people, incredibly, just ignore it. Preferring magic and witchcraft. Which is worse than believing in QAnon. (Are you listening HR?)
Our vehicle that we use to drive cultural evolution is our Energy Fractal, a specifically designed new simple action, a hologram of an emergent and higher energy future.
This is how we drive it with our 4D Helix.
The 4D Helix in Practice
The method outlined below has been used successfully with thousands of leaders and their organisations.
The purpose of the 4D Helix is to provide organisations with a practical method to ensure continuous learning and creativity within the scientific principles of evolution and the practice of the universal algorithm.
There are three cycles that drive the evolutionary process.
- Design and regular application of the Energy Fractal
- Continuous feedback of the Energy Fractal application
- Regular review sessions of progress made, and fine tuning of practical application. These occur at important leverage points.
The key here is that the 4D Helix is driven by continuous time-dependent action cycles. It bypasses every shortfall in our traditional development processes.
For those smart enough to use the method, it effectively offers a free lunch. The universal algorithm does all the work for you.
Benefit of the 4D Helix
The single greatest challenge facing organisations is how to make continuous learning a practical reality.
We know that "...corporations are victims of the great training robbery...approximately $400 billion dollars wasted globally per annum". HBR, Why Leadership Training Fails, Michael Beer.
The correct application of the 4D Helix provides a solution.