First introduction to the Viable System Model: ‘a general model that he believed balanced centralized and decentralized forms of control in organizations’.

I know nothing of the details, but the general overview sounds pretty good so far: ‘It offered a balance between centralized and decentralized control that prevented both the tyranny of authoritarianism and the chaos of total freedom.’

A mixture of horizontal autonomy with channels for vertical communication and stabilisation.

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