# Ecotones & Edge Effect

*Tom Geraghty · Ecological Thinking*

Applies the ecological edge effect and ecotones — the boundary zones between different habitats — to organisations. Argues that the richest exchange happens at the interfaces between disciplines, teams, and perspectives, and that protecting those edges matters.

- **This page:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-59-ecotones-the-edge-effect/
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- [The Architecture of Complexity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/simon-1962.md) (paper)
- [Complexity and Postmodernism: Understanding Complex Systems](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/cilliers-1998.md) (paper)
- [Science and Complexity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/weaver-1948.md) (paper)
- [Emergence & Dynamics of PS](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-emergence-and-dynamics-of-psychological-safety-over-time.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)
- [Five Ecological Concepts](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/five-ecological-concepts-for-working-in-organisational-change.md)
- [PS & Creativity](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/psychological-safety-and-creativity.md)
- [Déformation Prof.](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/deformation-professionnelle.md)