Liberating Structures

Is a good example of Organized Complexity something like this:

Atoms, particles, bits and pieces all work as a self-organized team until a meaningful form or pattern emerges. Once it emerges then the individual parts are constrained by the form and cannot function outside of that which was created. But, the thing created is part of another self-organized team that creates yet another form/pattern. And it goes on and on and on...

So everything in a seed is what is needed to create a flower (it was once a group of self-organized bits and pieces) and under the right conditions every thing that is needed in that seed self organizes to create patterns/form. The human eye sees the form as a unit (as do we see the seed). But those team members can never break down and go back to being self organized and still keep the form of the flower... which is part of a flower garden, which is part of a yard, which is reliant on the sun, earth, man for watering...

If this is true, then it makes sense that analyzing patterns in self-organized teams is crucial to the health of the team. Any feedback? I am new to Complexity Science so I don't want to go off on a tangent.

Thanks
Teri

Thanks Keith. It is important to me to try to understand the Complexity Science behind LS in order get the most out of the practice. I am doing some work within the Foster Care system. I am finding LS to be very useful to bring people together and create cooperative teams that have a practice of being at odds.

Thanks,
Teri

So one thing I am curious to learn more about and I am hoping you can send me in the right direction...

I am of the understanding that once a structure is formed it does not change shape. Using a flower for example: it does not change shape once it is formed, except for the death process.

My understanding was that self-formed teams evolve naturally until they reach some sort of form. Then that team pretty much stays the same.

If I have the premise right, what happens when a new member joins a fully formed team?

I may possibly have my premise wrong, so please correct me there. Also I would like to do more reading on this, can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks,
Teri