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Kelsie Nabben & Michael Zargham April 19, 2022

Applying Stafford Beer’s Viable System Model to Decentralized Organization Kelsie Nabben 4 min read · Apr 20, 2022 -- Listen Share Kelsie Nabben & Michael Zargham April 19, 2022 Introduction This post highlights an excerpt from Zargham, M. & Nabben, K. (2022). “ Aligning ‘Decentralized Autonomous Organization’ to Precedents in Cybernetics ”. Stafford Beer articulated the “Viable System Model” (VSM) in his 1972 book ‘ Brain of the Firm ’ as a management tool to determine the viability of an organization. Applying the VSM is about structuring resilience in an organization — to adapt to changes i

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