We’ve been interested in Nassim Taleb’s concept of antifragile for some time. He describes the concept as systems taht benefit from volatility, randomness, disorder, and similar perturbations.If you are unfamiliar with antifragile concepts, read the Wikipedia summary.
We think this is a concept that corporate IT should strive for, not just in theory, but to proactively lower risk, ensure customer delivery, and being faster to respond to customer needs.