As digital infrastructures grow more complex, organizations now resemble living systems more than mechanical ones. Their ability to sense, regulate, and adapt determines whether they thrive or fragment under complexity.
This talk reframes data transformation through the lens of neuroscience and systems theory. What if a company’s data architecture functioned like a nervous system: integrating signals, regulating overload and sustaining coherence between humans and machines? Drawing on research in cybernetics, polyvagal theory and organizational design, Eevamaija Virtanen introduces the concept of human coherence: the alignment of data flow, emotional regulation and collective intelligence.
When leaders shift from control to regulation, when they pace change, build feedback loops and design architectures that feel as well as think, organizations gain resilience and clarity. Data becomes connective tissue rather than a compliance mechanism.
In the next decade, the differentiator won’t be who has the most data but who can keep their system coherent under pressure.