As a result of the research, described in my book "On the Origin of Risk", I am developing a new theory of organisms based on the distinctive way that they manage risk compared to typical human designed solutions. Central to this effort, I hypothesise a key difference between the concepts of 'mechanism' and 'organism' which can be defined scientifically, that is mathematically, by a certain concept of risk. Here is a simple thought experiment, which contains the essence of

'On the Origin of Risk' is available on all formats! On the Origin of Risk presents a new way of understanding the deep biases we have in the business and scientific communities in our theories of risk and the core concepts we use to manage risk, especially as organisations. It presents the evidence and argument from cutting-edge biology that risk is managed differently in organisms in Nature, and that we must learn from Nature in order to develop new theories and lead our ma

It was a real pleasure to give this short talk at the inaugural MDENet Symposium. I spoke about how 'agentless agency' as a concept can...