An attractor is a model representation of the behavioral results of a system. The attractor is not a force of attraction or a goal-oriented presence in the system, but simply depicts where the system is headed based on the rules of motion in the system. (Coveney and Highland, Cohen and Stewart) I.e. the term is descriptive, but the word itself seems to imply a prescriptive force. For the practicing manager, one more word must be added — “passive.” The attractor just is, it is a passive being not an active force. But, being passive it means that the actors can drift from one attractor to another. Again the key question is how.
