Within the Complexity Space™ Framework, it is our belief that complex systems always exist within a context. That context both shapes, and is shaped by, a number of variables.

In our view, all Ecosystems share the following properties:

• Operates at multiple layers simultaneously
• Not immediately visible
• Not predictably influenced
• Inputs/outputs not proportional
• Exists in the context of a particular place and point in time
• Open to external systems