SCAF Emerging Artists 2022 Exhibition Catalogue
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Fateful Encounter<br />
The word ‘synergy’ comes from the Greek, meaning ‘working<br />
together’ and was first used in 1647.<br />
It is used more generally to refer to ‘the whole being greater<br />
than the sum of its parts’<br />
In the 1990s, it was a management buzzword, popularised by<br />
Steven Covey in ‘The 7 habits of highly effective people’ and<br />
used to justify downsizing in business [and local government] by<br />
doing more with less: a mutually advantageous conjunction or<br />
compatibility of distinct business participants or elements such<br />
as resources or efforts.<br />
Whilst researching the subject, she came across examples in<br />
other fields:<br />
• the interaction or cooperation of two or more organisations,<br />
substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect<br />
greater than the sum of their separate effects.<br />
• medicines and medical treatments that co-operate with<br />
bodily functions or organs to improve health and mental<br />
facilities [1847].<br />
• the human will, working together with Divine Grace in the<br />
work of regeneration.<br />
• a greater effect obtained by combining two or more<br />
organisms or components together to produce a result<br />
equally beneficial to all.<br />
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