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He coined the term chaordic, mixing chaotic and ordered.
Tech IT Easy ceciiil 2009
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And isn’t the Visa corporation an extended experiment in chaordic management?
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Glaser's not boostering for "chaordic" journalism, but thinking intelligently about how the traditional and the new can collaborate:
building town blogs 2004
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He sat among the great philosophers and the novelists of Western life like Steinbeck and Stegner and dreamed up a word for what Visa is: “chaordic” — complex systems that blend order and chaos.
The Reading Class, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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According to the theory of the chaordic a term coined by Dee Hock, the founder of Visa, to describe the harmonious and dynamic co-existence of chaos and order, it is out of the chaos of breaking that new order and possibilities emerge.
Gabe Crane: Matisyahu's Spiritual Evolution And What It Means For Us Gabe Crane 2011
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According to the theory of the chaordic a term coined by Dee Hock, the founder of Visa, to describe the harmonious and dynamic co-existence of chaos and order, it is out of the chaos of breaking that new order and possibilities emerge.
Gabe Crane: Matisyahu's Spiritual Evolution And What It Means For Us Gabe Crane 2011
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That is what is called “chaordic” organization – which is something we at ICO are very keen on.
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That is what is called “chaordic” organization – which is something we at ICO are very keen on.
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That is what is called “chaordic” organization – which is something we at ICO are very keen on.
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A chaordic threat: Right-wing terrorism in the United States (USAWC strategy research project) by John B Driscoll
Red-meat Radical Right to Al Gore: Whoa, big fella. Whoa! 2007
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Inspired by his observations of natural systems he would later coin the term chaordic – a portmanteau of chaos and order – to describe an organisation that is decentralised, self-organizing, self-governing, and exhibits emergent properties.
Dee Hock, the Father of Fintech Marc Rubinstein 2021
slumry commented on the word chaordic
having properties of both chaos and order (I had to dig for a definition) :)
July 21, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chaordic
Excellent!
July 21, 2007
icco commented on the word chaordic
what an awesome idea for a word. Possibly equivalent to neutral?
September 20, 2007
uselessness commented on the word chaordic
Think of a computer physics model. You could have a complex system with many independent particles interacting with one another, and the effect would appear very chaotic. Yet every particle is precisely calculated according to predetermined rules and algorithms. The position of any given particle at any given time could (theoretically) be figured out with a pencil and paper and a lot of patience.
Ultimately, it applies to the physical world too; there are zillions of subatomic bits flying around the universe at insane rates of speed. Protons, neutrons, electrons. It's utter chaos. But every one of those little bits is subject to the laws of physics, and is therefore in perfect order. All we need to understand is the way those laws work, and the universe can be predicted. The most chaotic system is not chaotic at all, and the very concept of chaos is irrelevant.
September 20, 2007
82times commented on the word chaordic
I enjoy chaordic very much.
I can see this being used as a system attribute that can be attained. i.e.,
It was long theorized that yada yada some complex system was chaordic. but this could not proved until Professor von Smarty Pants determined an algorithm that could predict the change patters of any element within some facet of that complex system.
September 22, 2007
uselessness commented on the word chaordic
...however, Professor von Smarty Pants could never be taken seriously with such an awesome name, and thus was stripped of his tenure, and his algorithm was soon forgotten. ;-)
September 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chaordic
...until he changed his name from von Smarty Pants to von Schmartzenpanz. Suddenly, he was a star. ;->
September 22, 2007
npydyuan commented on the word chaordic
AP NEWS. Schmartzenpanz reportedly became apoplectic when asked at a recent press conference about his views on schadenfreude....
September 22, 2007
reesetee commented on the word chaordic
...until someone explained to the good doctor that it meant the same thing as epicaricacy. At which point he instantly recovered and began speaking about his algorithm with great enthusiasm.
September 22, 2007
trivet commented on the word chaordic
Sheesh!
---> :)
September 22, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word chaordic
Oh no! Isn't it Professor von Schmartzenpantz?!
October 13, 2007
uselessness commented on the word chaordic
Only for tax purposes.
October 13, 2007
tellurian commented on the word chaordic
If the order-chaos balance is tipped somewhat towards the ordered side, I propose "ordotic". It's like the difference between a meat and potato pie, and a potato and meat one. (Believe me, there is a difference. :)
Also, I wouldn't equate either word to neutral, quite; they potentially have similar meanings, but having properties of both chaos and order doesn't necessarily mean that the chaos-to-order ratio is equal. (Also, "neutral" implies, at least to my mind, a somewhat benign and passive state, whereas I see both "chaordic" and "ordotic" as very active words, ones that emphasize the presence rather than absence of both properties.)
October 31, 2007
sionnach commented on the word chaordic
uselessness and reesetee: I don't understand how you can refer to von Smarty Pants as being male, when elsewhere on Wordie we are given information which clearly indicates the perfessor was born female. See discussion under Professor von Schmartzenpanz.
March 31, 2008
reesetee commented on the word chaordic
Because, sionnach--this page came first, and that's where the esteemed professor was invented. We created him male, and male he remains.
March 31, 2008
kalayzich commented on the word chaordic
chaos is in the eye of the beholder
July 22, 2013