Self-organization is the spontaneous generation of order in a complex adaptive system The phenomenon has been the subject of research in mathematics and physical sciences and each discipline has generated models and methods that have been applied to human systems This study introduces and investigates a model the CDE model, which integrates the diverse theoretical and practical approaches to self-organizing human systems. The CDE model posits three conditions that serve as metavariables to shape the speed, path, and outcomes of self-organizing processes in human systems. The conditions of the CDE model comprise: container bounds the system of focus and constrains the probability of contact among agents; significant difference establishes the potential for change within the system; transforming exchange connects agents to each other through a transfer of information, energy, or material. In this study, a results reversal method is used to investigate the efficacy of organizational interventions in which the CDE model is used to assess, intervene in, and evaluate eighteen instances of organization consulting activity. The instances include four levels of organizational interaction (conceptual, team, institution.
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