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“Chaordic” is a term coined by Dee Hock, founding CEO of VISA (the credit card company).  “By chaord, I mean any self-organizing, self governing, adaptive, nonlinear, complex organism, organization, community or system, whether physical, biological or social, the behavior of which harmoniously blends characteristics of both chaos and order. Loosely translated to business, it can be thought of as an organization that harmoniously blends characteristics of competition and cooperation; or from the perspective of education, an organization that seamlessly blends theoretical and experiential learning.”  Dee Hock, The Art of Chaordic Leadership, “Leader to Leader” No. 15 Winter 2000