Ines Garcia is an organizational coach and the Founder and CEO at Get Agile, dedicated to helping businesses to deliver better value and reduce waste, focusing on impact. Her new book is Nature's Blueprint For Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges (Routledge; September 8, 2025). She offers hands-on programs for Agile, Project, and Product professionals at www.inesgarcia.me.
From Competition to Cooperation: Lessons from Nature for Thriving Organizations
Walk through any forest and you'll witness what appears to be fierce competition: trees stretching toward sunlight, plants vying for nutrients, animals competing for territory. This surface-level observation has shaped business thinking for decades, driving zero-sum models where one company's gain …
