2. Self-regulation

(a sub-section of Co-creative Learning Teams)

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Autonomy

1. An effective team must remain both responsive and reactive to what is happening.
2. Negative feedback is vital for any system to maintain its equilibrium.
3. The principle of 'self-regulation' was an important idea in the development of automation.
4. The correction principle applies to any self-regulating system, whether living or otherwise.
5. An early example is the thermostat which maintains a constant temperature by 'correcting' itself.
   • see essay that references thermostatic devices).

Positive and Negative Feedback

1. For sighted people most of the important feedback for steering your bike is visual.
2. If you can see where you are going you can use the information to update your intentions.
3. If you veer too much to the left you can correct your error by turning the handle bars a bit to the right.
4. In systemic terms, steering correction is called negative feedback.
5. The word 'negative' is used simply because we are reversing the terms left and right.
6. Of course you could exaggerate your error by turning the handle bars even further to the left.
7. This is called positive feedback - (a better example is an avalanche)
8. In this process the current tendency amplifies itself to produce an eventual runaway effect.

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The Whole Course

1. Systems Thinking
2. Self-regulation
3. Self-coordination
4. Living systems
5. Team consciousness
6. Team synergy
7. Team sizes
8. Team diversity
9. Lucky Teams
10. Team Tools