# Adaptive Cycle

*Tom Geraghty · Ecological Thinking, Complexity & Systems*

Introduces the adaptive cycle (growth, conservation, collapse, renewal) and panarchy — nested cycles at multiple scales — as frameworks for understanding how complex systems, including organisations, internally organise and evolve over time.

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