Interdependency: The Integrated 3C-OK Framework and the Higher Level Intelligence Dynamic

This chapter advocates the interdependency of five significant properties of intelligent human organizations. The properties involved are collective intelligence, connectivity, culture, organizational learning and knowledge management (3C-OK). Recognizing the presence of the integrated complex adaptive dynamic, this set of properties cannot be considered independently of one another when structuring and managing intelligent organizations. The 3C-OK framework is conceptualized to emphasize the fact that complex adaptive systems cannot be analyzed, nurtured or managed using hierarchical decomposition. In particular, organizational learning and knowledge management cannot take place effectively in any human organizations without incorporating the other three characteristics. An organization that uses the integrated 3C-OK framework will gradually experience the emergence of a higher level intelligence dynamic (a dynamic that only emerges with collective human level intelligence and consciousness). In between, the significance of a mindful culture as the core of a supportive culture is further reinforced.