Bridges To Knowledge: A Blog by Barry Camson

Discovering the Ecosystem Within: An Approach to Design

The great irony with regard to business ecosystems is that businesses are not organized as ecosystems while at the same time they are ecosystems. All of the components of an ecosystem may already be resident in and about the organization while at the same time not being recognized as such. This post describes the phenomena and then takes a step toward addressing how to intervene to bring the ecosystem into ascendance.

Let's look for some of the attributes of an ecosystem in the contemporary organization. They exist in various stages of development.

Whither the Ecosystem: Thoughts on Business Ecosystem Design

If we are going to be productive in terms of adding value in our contemporary world, we have a number of choices about how we go about doing that. What kind of human and business relationships do we develop with those around us? This post looks at the value chain, the value network and developing ideas of the business ecosystem and then moves on to address specific aspects of ecosystem design.