Any collective animal behaviour is fascinating to watch. It appears effortless and there is a beauty which seems to defy possibility. Of course, there is a science behind this. Researchers in this area of animal behaviour have modelled these flocking events and have been able to explain both why and how these events occur. What if, we could model this type of behaviour within our organisations? What if, we could with both intention and design implement such a collaborative an

Governance, for many, is in itself a structure that follows and directs us through a process. It sets the rules, procedures and other guidelines to reinforce 'how we should do things around here'. Over recent decades, the field of governance has produced all variety of different models to further our understanding of it. To try and put sense around the reality rather than just theory. What these models fail to do, so often, is show the versatility that governance actually

It’s a fundamental fact of human life that we want our lives to be under control — we develop plans, goals, routines, systems, tools, schedules and structure to our lives.

It was Pema Chodron who wrote “We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart. Then they come together again and fall apart again. It's just like that.“ This is true wisdom, of course. Nothing is perfect. Everything tends towards failure. This is also a founding principle of Chaos Theory. Everything tends towards chaos. Order is always disrupted. We needed acknow