Creating organization-wide behavioral change in a large organization is an extremely challenging task. However, it is a well-known fact that creating tangible cultural change in the way people think and act regarding exchange of knowledge is an absolute pre-requisite for successful introduction of Knowledge Management (KM) in a company. Based on the experience of several cultural change project...

 Abstract Humans learn and share information on a massive scale through the use of culture. In this paper, we will outline the mechanisms of evolutionary cultural change, evaluate their role in ecologically destructive feedback loops, and conclude by describing how we might harness the mechanisms of cultural evolution to favor ecologically and socially beneficial change. A virtue of the scienc...