Surfing the Edge of Chaos provides a bold new way of approaching the strategic challenges of today's business world, by showing that business parallels nature -- it is a nonstop battle between forces of tradition and forces of transformation. And the bottom line is: change or die.Pioneering case studies of organizations such as Sears Roebuck and the U.S. Army illustrate the radical principle that only evolution prevents extinction, and that a smart business plan must mirror the way living systems operate if it is to achieve and sustain.