Ecosystems necessitates attentive care.

We are all familiar with ecosystems in the natural world.

Practical knowledge and technology-driven ecosystems go hand in hand. Community or business ecosystems are similar to parts working to maximise their position and available opportunities. Think for a moment about the human body as an ecosystem. It has a control system, organs to keep everything working well, and arms and legs to do the work.

Take any part out, and the community does not work well, causing it to become dysfunctional. A regional district is no different. Your community is not just a community. It is a complicated and unique ecosystem with many disparate parts. Like rabbits, people can destroy a community ecosystem if, for some reason, the population grows too fast.

Small businesses and non-profit organisations help create a community ecosystem.

Small businesses and non-profit organisations are moving beyond traditional ways of operating. They are changing and breaking their community ecosystems, so it can take years for some people to understand what has happened to the community. The changes are substantial because of globalisation and increasing competition from other communities. Entrepreneurs and information technology must drive a society to compete in the globalised world.

A business ecosystem is a community network of businesses and non-profit organisations. Added to this are suppliers, distributors, customers, competitors, government agencies, tourists, etc. The total ecosystem could be broken down into small ecosystems, just as you find in the environment, all working to make up the entire ecosystem:

Both competition and cooperation involve the delivery of specific products and services. As a consequence, a community ecosystem will either rise or fall. Each organisation in the ‘ecosystem’ will have an impact. They will also be affecting each other, creating continually evolving relationships. Each body must be flexible and adaptable to survive, as in a natural ecosystem.

New possibilities and opportunities to improve the community and its businesses will emerge by mapping its ecosystems and new knowledge.

 Quotable Quotes

“Cherish the natural world because you are part of it and you depend on it”. Sir David Attenborough

“Your community’s success begins and ends with people taking personal responsibility for the community ecosystem and the capacity to make the necessary changes”.  Peter Sergeant