Nature's Blueprint for Business

Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges

Ines Garcia

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Routledge
09 September 2025

Management: leadership & motivation; Research & development management; Sales & marketing; Organisational theory & behaviour

Tapping into proven strategies, mechanisms and patterns that have been fine-tuned over 3.8 billion years, this book bridges the gap between the natural world and the business world and explores how to develop resilient organizations and businesses using lessons from nature.

The science of biomimicry is an emerging force in helping us to gaze afresh at the world around us, often inspiring technological inspiration, but we have been slow to look at the organizational and relationship models that are all around us. This book contends that natural abundance flourishes at the edges, where one environmental element contacts another, and that these relationships that have been successful for millennia have endless lessons for us about how we organize ourselves. Each chapter starts with a clear example of a problem that a team or organization might face, goes on to consider a range of natural examples and offer practical suggestions to incorporate nature’s wisdom in the business world, and concludes with success stories of people and organizations already embracing the principles outlined in the book. Employing these principles and aided by suggested activities, readers will develop personalized plans, tailored to their unique situations, to lead their teams’ evolution into thriving organizations.

Observing edges, spaces and boundaries shows that is these are where magic happens—and with this book, leaders of all types of teams and organizations will be empowered to make real and immediate changes in their own contexts.

By: Ines Garcia
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 400g
ISBN: 9781032967967
ISBN 10: 103296796X
Pages: 116
Publication Date: 09 September 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. The Source 2. Spaces 3. Diversity in Flux 4. Bending without Breaking 5. Expand 6. The Wrap: Next Steps

Ines Garcia is Founder and CEO of Get Agile, where she engages with customers around the world to deliver better value and reduce waste.

Reviews for Nature's Blueprint for Business: Harnessing the Hidden Power of Edges

“We do indeed need to fundamentally transform businesses if we are to live within the limits of this living planet, and ensure that we and all species thrive. Nature’s Blueprint for Business artfully draws together the wisdom from the natural world that can help all businesses to start that critical transformation.” Erinch Sahan, Business & Enterprise Lead, Doughnut Economics Action Lab (DEAL) “This beautiful book illuminates the possibilities that exist all around us, right outside – on the edge of our imagination, on the edge of our organisations, on the edge of our comfort zone. With her characteristic wit and incisive vision, Ines takes us on a wild and rewarding journey of learning to use nature's genius as a guide to build connected, resilient organisations.” Jess Berliner, Co-founder & Director of Product, Learn Biomimicry “Inspiring, and thought-provoking. A must-read for anyone looking to redefine the boundaries between innovation and sustainability. Ines Garcia brilliantly combines bio-inspiration and business design, urging us to adopt a new paradigm that harnesses Nature’s wisdom to drive a more sustainable future.” Francisco Martin-Martinez, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London