The principles of permaculture are an important and perhaps even essential in working rationally with organizational culture.
For those of you intrigued by the Organizational Permaculture concept, I am providing you with a detailed enumeration of the 12 essential principles of permaculture design.
NOTE: These detailed essays come from http://permacultureprinciples.com
You might want to think about your teams, departments and the wider enterprise as you ponder what these principles might mean for how you approach culture change:
The 12 Core Principles of Permaculture. Included are related blog posts from member of the Organizational Permaculture Group on Facebook:
Principle #01: Observe and interact: By taking time to engage with nature we can design solutions that suit our particular situation.
Organizational Permaculture Blog Posts on this Principle:
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Principle #02: Catch and store energy: By developing systems that collect resources at peak abundance, we can use them in times of need.
Organizational Permaculture Blog Posts on this Principle:
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Principle #03: Obtain a yield: Ensure that you are getting truly useful rewards as part of the work that you are doing.
Organizational Permaculture Blog Posts on this Principle:
Lloyd, Adreas. Obtain a Yield (link)
Principle #04: Apply self-regulation and accept feedback: We need to discourage inappropriate activity to ensure that systems can continue to function well.
Organizational Permaculture Blog Posts on this Principle:
Mezick Daniel J. Principle #4 of Organizational Permaculture. (link)
Principle #05: Use and value renewable resources and services: Make the best use of nature’s abundance to reduce our consumptive behavior and dependence on non-renewable resources.
Organizational Permaculture Blog Posts on this Principle:
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Principle #06: Produce no waste: By valuing and making use of all the resources that are available to us, nothing goes to waste.
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Principle #07: Design from patterns to details: By stepping back, we can observe patterns in nature and society. These can form the backbone of our designs, with the details filled in as we go.
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Principle #08: Integrate rather than segregate: By putting the right things in the right place, relationships develop between those things and they work together to support each other.
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Principle #09: Use small and slow solutions: Small and slow systems are easier to maintain than big ones, making better use of local resources and producing more sustainable outcomes.
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Principle #1o: Use and value diversity: Diversity reduces vulnerability to a variety of threats and takes advantage of the unique nature of the environment in which it resides.
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Principle #11: Use edges and value the marginal: The interface between things is where the most interesting events take place. These are often the most valuable, diverse and productive elements in the system.
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Principle #12: Creatively use and respond to change: We can have a positive impact on inevitable change by carefully observing, and then intervening at the right time.
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Agricultural permaculture principles are in complete alignment with the Agile Manifesto.
Or is is the other way around?
Related Links:
More blog posts from Daniel Mezick on Organizational PermaCulture
Please investigate and consider joining the Organizational Permaculture Facebook group. In this group on Facebook we are mixing people from the agricultural permaculture movement with folks from organizational development, agile coaching, culture hacking and others tribes who are interested in this concept.