How Metadesign Aims to Work

A Table of Ten Key Concepts

	METADESIGN AIMS:	BECAUSE:
1.	To learn from the way ecosystems work	living systems are smarter than we know
2.	To think in a more comprehensive way	we need to join up more of the dots
3.	To operate at the level of paradigms	improvement of separate parts may not work
4.	To 'language' new possibilities	paradigms are partly sustained by words
5.	To create synergies through re-combination	synergy is a free bonus from Nature
6.	To work co-creatively across disciplines	no one is smart enough to see the whole picture
7.	To encourage flat-structured teamwork	fixed hierarchies eclipse willingness & responsibility
8.	To work as entrepreneurs & entredonneurs	this can reconcile top-down & bottom-up initiatives
9.	To make complex systems more navigable	users need to find their way around systems
10.	to develop radically optimistic approaches	negative thoughts make miracles seem less possible

Table 1: Ten attributes of the metadesign framework