We are often asked to explain what BPM is and why it is so important compared to a non-integrated, non-unified approach to business intelligence, reporting, analytics, planning etc.
It struck me on seeing the image of the flock of birds below, that one way to answer this was to use pictures. As they say, a picture paints a thousand words.
The point of all the images that we’ve chosen is that patterns and meanings can be found and relationships and collaborations possible within the whole.
Nature, fractals, tessellations and origami are all fine illustrations of order out of apparent chaos. And so to with BPM, an organisation can gain greater insights through the observation of structures, relationships and patterns of the whole enterprise.
Fig 1: During spring in Denmark, flocks of more than a million European starlings gather in incredible formations such as shown above.
Fig 2: Origami tessellations take a simple crease pattern unit and repeat this across the paper. Example above by Alex Bateman (can you visualize the spiral pattern?).
Fig 3: Horocycle 4 - Knots and dynamics - A collaboration between Jos Leys and Prof. Etienne Ghys (hmm, reminds me of fishing with my dad).
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