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Entropy Post from Chris Sparling
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Picture a neglected garden—left alone, it quickly turns into a tangle of weeds.
In physics, that’s entropy: the natural drift from order to disorder without input. This applies to business too—without constant care, processes, teams, and customer relationships inevitably grow chaotic.
How:
• Inevitable decline without maintenance: Businesses are like gardens; without continuous care—streamlining processes, retraining, or adapting to changes—they become overgrown and inefficient.
• Efficiency vs. disorder: Small startups may thrive like fresh saplings, but as they grow, entropy rises.
Complexity increases, communication strains, and inefficiencies creep in, demanding constant pruning and attention.
Why it matters:
• Complacency leads to decay: Only those who “garden” with new energy, ideas, and processes stay competitive.
• Explains bureaucracy: The larger and more complex a company, the more it has to work to combat entropy.
• Investor insight: Look for companies actively fighting entropy—reinvesting in efficiency, leadership, and system improvements.
Entropy’s lesson? Without intentional effort, even the best systems drift into chaos.
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