# Five Ecological Concepts

*Tom Geraghty · Ecological Thinking*

Introduces five ecological concepts — emergence, substrate, succession, indicator species, and ecotones — and maps them to organisational change. Shows how ecological thinking reframes intervention: from engineering outcomes to shaping the conditions from which outcomes emerge.

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## Connected concepts (17)

- [Core Principles](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/our-core-principles.md)
- [Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ostrom-2010.md) (paper)
- [Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/ostrom-1990.md) (paper)
- [More Is Different](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/anderson-1972.md) (paper)
- [Understanding the Complexity of Economic, Ecological, and Social Systems](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/holling-2001.md) (paper)
- [A Leader's Framework for Decision Making](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/snowden-boone-2007.md) (paper)
- [Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/meadows-1999.md) (paper)
- [Resilience, Adaptability and Transformability in Social-Ecological Systems](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/walker-et-al-2004.md) (paper)
- [Moving off the Map: How Knowledge of Organizational Operations Empowers and Alienates](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/huising-2019.md) (paper)
- [Rewetting Organisations](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/rewetting-organisations.md)
- [Thinking Like an Ecologist](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/thinking-like-an-ecologist-a-field-guide-for-organisations.md)
- [Adaptive Cycle](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-adaptive-cycle-and-self-organised-criticality.md)
- [Can You See The Cat?](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/can-you-see-the-cat.md)
- [Ecotones & Edge Effect](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-59-ecotones-the-edge-effect.md)
- [Knowledge Transfer and International Joint Ventures: The Case of NUMMI and General Motors](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/inkpen-2008.md) (paper)
- [Selection Pressure & PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/selection-pressure-and-psychological-safety.md)
- [The PS Knowledge Map](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-psych-safety-knowledge-map.md)