Patterns in nature are remarkable, from the smallest to the largest scale: The symmetrical pointed star shows up in starfish and segments of fruit. The same fractal patterns are seen in leaf veins, wood grains and branches of trees. Fibonacci spirals are present in the nautilus shell, cabbage tissues and in the way droplets of water fly off a wet spinning ball. Another common pattern in nature is called a “meander.” It’s the pattern of up and down bends in a crawling snake, the folks of a coral plant and the path of a river.
All of these patterns are visible in the world around us, but what if they also existed in the invisible? Can, for instance, the meander pattern explain things we can’t see with the naked eye? Could a meander be present in human emotions and energy, and, as such, in work attitudes and productivity?