“…4.2.2 Artificial systems: design of intelligent organizations. Contemporary tasks of sensing the environment (Guo et al, 2015;Wang et al, 2019), prognosis of the future (LaComb et al, 2007), innovation (Bothos et al, 2012), decision-making and problem-solving (Brush et al, 2018;Lopez Flores et al, 2015) of ever-increasing complexity and number motivate for development of collective thinking practices which would outperform individual experts (Elia and Margherita, 2018;Kocher and Sutter, 2005;Michaelsen et al, 1989;Schoder et al, 2014). Operation of distributed information processing systems known as a swarm or collective intelligence (Alag, 2009;Bonabeau et al, 1999) crucially depends on interaction patterns between individuals which suppress or facilitate genuine communication, deliberate change of beliefs, unexpected decisions, diversity and reconciliation of viewpoints (Kerr and Tindale, 2004;Krause et al, 2010;Michelucci, 2013;Sunstein, 2004;Surowiecki, 2004).…”