The critical information is being generated right now. What an individual or system chooses to notice will change depending on the past, the present, and the future. Looking for information only within rigid categories leads to blindness, which is also dangerous. New and surprising information can get in. The boundaries are permeable.
Feedback is life-sustaining.
It provides essential information about how to maintain one's existence. It also indicates when adaptation and growth are necessary. Feedback supports movement toward fitness. Through the constant exchange of feedback, the individual and its environment coevolve towards mutual sustainability. As we reflect on the capacities that feedback can provide, it seems we are seeking many similar attributes in our organizations.