The Wisdom of the Many: How to create Self-Organisation and how to use Collective Intelligence in Companies and in Society From Management to ManagemA - Paperback

by Johannes-Paul Fladerer (Author), Ernst Kurzmann (Author)

You have lost your key in a meadow of high grass. Who do you ask for help? A genius like Einstein or 99 idiots? The answer to questions like this often lies in the wisdom of many. Not in the wisdom of one single genius. In nature we can find a lot of fascinating examples where the crowd prevails over the individual. Birds are flying in exact formations and ants are managing their resources in a way that even economist are impressed.

Author Biography

Studied behavioural biology and pharmacy at the University of Graz. He has been intensively involved in behavioural biology and ant research for a number of years and holds lectures and seminars about swarm intelligence and management. His main interest is the behaviour and chemoecology of leafcutter ants.