The term only makes sense in a world view where stability is the main condition and instability an occasional inconvenience. The idea of a change initiative suggests that there is an end state. We can understand a particular view of the universe and operate in ways that are suggested by that - and see what happens and continue the process until we have terminal failure. This view of the universe has life, variety, suprise, emergence, and engagement as high states and observable outcomes. It is also a match for the ideas of complexity and emergence.
Intelligence is the underlying organisational principle of the universe.