Requisite Variety

One concept. Four tiers of command. Which do you speak?

Category: Strategy

Foundational Lexiconmatch complexity
Executive Parlanceadaptive capacity
Scholarly DiscourseAshby's Law
Babel ZenithRequisite Variety
Origin: W. Ross Ashby
Pronunciation: /ˈæʃbiz/

Etymology & Meaning

A system needs at least as much variety as what it controls.

In the Boardroom

Building an organization as complex as its environment.

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