Its own thing it wants to manifest in the world. And so rather than us telling it what to do, we are actually listening to where does this organization naturally want to go.

An explanation by Frederic Laloux, business thinker and author of the visionary book Reinventing organizations, about the concept of evolutionary purpose. Professional self-managed teams have integrated evolutionary purpose in their daily practice. It's one of the key ingredients that makes them sustainable successful in the VUCA environments of the 21st century.