Coordination Without Central Control. Huh?

21. Feb, 2008 1 Comment

How are people coordinating work when there is no central control? You might read about all this self-organizing, no-command, treehugging teams, but you just keep on wondering how this can work?

Ted.com brings us again a great presentation that provides us with the answer to how ants do exactly this. Watch it, and watch it till the end. You’ll be amazed about the simplicity and effectiveness.

Thanks to BioTeams.com for pointing out this video.

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