T. Irene Sanders has been named director and chair of the Business Network for the Colorado Center for Chaos and Complexity at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder.
The Business Network will offer educational exchanges and dialogue and joint research opportunities between scientists and businesses interested in complex systems ranging from natural disasters and weather patterns to business trends. The center is headquartered in the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, a joint institute of CU and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Sanders is a nationally known expert in the application of chaos and complexity concepts to strategic planning. The Evergreen resident is the author of "Strategic Thinking and the New Science: Planning in the Midst of Chaos, Complexity and Change," published by Free Press/Simon and Shuster in 1998.