Entreplexity®=Entrepreneurship + Complexity -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- BIOGRAPHY OF GENE LUCZKIW -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION ONE: A PRACTICE IN SEARCH OF A THEORY: (From an early draft of Gene's M.Ed. major research project) -- THE MEANING OF ENTERPRISE: THE TEACHERS' PERSPECTIVES -- A PRACTICE IN SEARCH OF MY OWN THEORY -- WHY A NEED EXISTS FOR A NEW THEORY -- COMPLEXITY THEORY: A CONVERGENT PARADIGM -- THE MEANING OF SELF-ORGANIZATION -- A SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEANING OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- ENTREPRENEURS AND ENTERPRISING PEOPLE -- RATIONALE FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING ABOUT ENTERPRISE -- THE BACHELOR OF EDUCATION, ENTERPRISE EDUCATION PROGRAM -- ENTERPRISE STUDIES CURRICULUM -- ENTERPRISE EDUCATION AND TEACHING CURRICULUM -- JOURNEY INTO ENTERPRISE CURRICULUM -- KILLING THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS: CANCELLATION OF THE PROGRAM -- ENTERPRISE EDUCATION SURVEY AND RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- Editor's Postscript -- REFERENCES -- SECTION TWO: IT ALL STARTED WITH A JOURNEY -- OVERVIEW -- THE MYTH OF PLEIADES - ASTEROPE'S JOURNEY -- POSSIBILITIES: THE NEW NETWORK ECONOMY -- INCREASING RETURNS AND LOCK-IN -- INFORMATION-BASED TECHNOLOGY -- CREATIVITY, INNOVATION, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES -- CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEW NETWORK ECONOMY -- THE TWELVE THEMES OF THE NEW ECONOMY -- THEME 1: Today's New Economy is Knowledge-Based -- THEME 2: Digitization -- THEME 3: Virtualization -- THEME 4: Molecularization -- THEME 5: Integration/Internetworking -- THEME 6: Disintermediation -- THEME 7: Convergence -- THEME 8: Innovation -- THEME 9: Prosumption -- Theme 10: Immediacy -- THEME 11: Globalization -- THEME 12: Discordance -- PEOPLE: TRANSCENDING EVOLUTION'S PURPOSE -- UNDERSTANDING THE WORKINGS OF OUR BRAIN/MIND -- HOW THE BRAIN WORKS -- THE TRIUNE BRAIN -- THE HOLOGRAPHIC BRAIN.

SYSTEMS THINKING: CONNECTING OUR "SELF" WITH THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT -- HUMAN BEINGS AS LIVING SYSTEMS -- ECOSYSTEMS: CONNECTING EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN TODAY'S GLOBAL VILLAGE -- PASSION: DEVELOPING CONSCIOUSNESS AND CREATIVITY -- THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS: THE PARADOX OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- CONSCIOUSNESS VS. INTELLIGENCE -- EMERGENCE OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- THE STUDY OF CONSCIOUSNESS -- WHAT IT MEANS TO BE CONSCIOUS -- DEVELOPING YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS -- THE SELF -- THE OUTCOMES OF THE FLOW EXPERIENCE -- SELF-DETERMINATION -- THE WILL TO MEANING -- THE MEANING OF LIFE -- THE JOURNEY BEGINS -- PERFORMANCE: THE ENTREPRENEURIAL PROCESS -- EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES FOR ENTERPRISE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT: THE ENTERPRISE DIAMOND -- So what are the alternatives? -- THE PERSON -- THE IDEA -- THE OPPORTUNITY -- THE RESOURCES -- STAGES OF GROWTH -- BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES: THE START-UP OR FOUNDATION STAGE -- THE DEVELOPMENT STAGE -- THE MATURITY STAGE -- CASE STUDY: THE APPLE COMPUTER STORY -- THE ENTREPRENEURIAL METAPHOR -- ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- WHY STUDY ENTREPRENEURS? -- WHAT DO WE MEAN BY INTRINSIC AND EXTRINSIC MOTIVATION? -- WHAT IS AN ENTREPRENEUR? -- MYTHS ABOUT ENTREPRENEURS -- STRUCTURING AN ENTREPRENEURIAL ORGANIZATION -- PROGRESS: CHANGING THE PARADIGM WITH ENTREPLEXITY® -- THE SCIENCE OF COMPLEXITY -- Characteristics of Complex Adaptive Systems -- HOW COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS WORK -- FINDINGS: (1992 - 1995) -- ENTREPLEXITY®: A SYNTHESIS OF COMPLEXITY SCIENCES -- Entrepreneurs and Jamming Jazz Bands -- PUTTING THE PRINCIPLES OF COMPLEXITY INTO ACTION -- THE PERSON AS A CONSCIOUS, COMPLEX AND ADAPTIVE SYSTEM -- WHAT ARE THE LESSONS WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS EXPERIENCE? -- WHAT DOES THE LEADER NEED TO DO? -- WHAT SHOULD THE ORGANIZATION'S STRUCTURE LOOK LIKE? -- SO WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE?.

THE JAMMING JAZZ BAND: A METAPHOR FOR CREATING ORGANIZATIONS WITH A CONSCIOUSNESS -- THEORY INTO PRACTICE EXERCISE: STRATEGIES FOR CREATING ENTERPRISES ON THE EDGE -- CREATING A COMPELLING VISION OF THE FUTURE -- CORE BELIEFS AND VALUES -- PERSONAL BELIEFS AND VALUES -- COMMON PERSONAL VALUES -- SECTION THREE: Exercises and Applications -- PERSONAL BELIEFS AND VALUES EXERCISE -- PURPOSE -- THE ORGANIZATIONAL PURPOSE -- Examples of Purpose: -- HOW CAN YOU DISCOVER YOUR ORGANIZATION'S PURPOSE? -- Example: -- MISSION -- HOW TO CREATE A MISSION STATEMENT THAT WORKS -- FOUR TYPES OF MISSION -- PUTTING IT TOGETHER -- PREPARING THE VISION -- THE VISIONING PROCESS -- Engineering a Vision -- FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO ACHIEVEMENT OFA COMPELLING VISION -- CREATING YOUR FUTURE: THE ENTERPRISE DIAMOND EXERCISE -- SECTION FOUR: Colleagues' Responses to Entreplexity® =Entrepreneurship + Complexity -- LEVERAGING LEARNING INTO SUCCESS -- PASSION, EXCITEMENT AND THE NEW ECONOMY -- CONTINUING OUR QUEST FOR CREATIVITY,INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP -- MEMORABLE MEETING -- THE MOTIVATOR -- EMBEDDED ENTERPRISE EDUCATION -- REMEMBERING GENE LUCZKIW -- NOTES.