Quotes on Nonlinear

Our task now is to resynthesize biology; put the organism back into its environment; connect it again to its evolutionary past; and let us feel that complex flow that is organism, evolution, and environment united. The time has come for biology to enter the nonlinear world.

Procrastination gives you time to consider divergent ideas, to think in nonlinear ways, to make unexpected leaps.

To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that "overcome" such irregularities-don't bother telling that to a consultant. Hence, we should embrace the real, nonrational, nonlinear world with vigor and glee-and develop enterprise and career strategies accordingly.

It feels like we're always juggling many pieces of information at once or trying out many personas at once. It makes life slightly nonlinear.