It was found by looking at how things happen. In people, in groups, in systems and in the world around us.
You can use it like a pair of glasses. Put them on. Take them off. Sometimes you see more. Sometimes you see the same thing, but differently. From small to large. From one person to an organization. From what people do to what nature reveals.
IVO is not a law. It is the space where laws become visible.
There is always something shifting. You notice it in how clear something feels or which direction it seems to go. In restlessness or relaxation. In how connection flows or sometimes gets stuck. In when something remains bearable or becomes too much. In rhythm, timing and pace. In moments that seem coincidental, but actually cannot be. In turns no one could have planned. In patterns that repeat or suddenly break.
Most of the time we notice it, but we lack the words for what's happening. The I·V·O lens provides that language. That's why IVO is broadly applicable, in experience and self-inquiry, in collaboration and groups, in nature, technology and science. From the smallest detail to the largest whole.
I
Looking
What does not look, does not appear.
V
Moving
Without direction, no looking.
O
Environment
That something is possible, suffices.
Together they make visible how everything is in motion and interacting. Not as a belief, but as the ground where everything comes together.
Exploration
Because I·V·O describes a minimal structure, it opens up in different directions. This exploration currently happens mainly in my own work and in small, practical experiments.
Additionally, ideas are emerging around a structural foundation for software and hardware, use in simulations and models, systems that respond sensitively to their environment and forms of self-organization on a small scale.
Everyone is invited to play with it, to try and to explore. What works can be shared here. What doesn't fit yet, remains open.
How this site works
This site is not a fixed story. Think of it as a landscape where you can enter somewhere, look around, linger or move on. Some texts are exploratory, others personal, and still others focus on systems, organizations or broader movements.
The structure helps you orient, without determining where you should go.