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Synergy effect

Synergy is the interaction of multiple elements in a system to produce an

effect different from or greater than the sum of their individual effects. The term

synergy comes from the Greek word synergia συνέργεια from synergos,

συνεργός, meaning "working together".

Human synergy relates to human interaction and teamwork. For example, sayperson A alone is too short to reach an apple on a tree and person B is too short

as well. Once person B sits on the shoulders of person A, they are tall enough to

reach the apple. In this example, the product of their synergy would be one apple.

Another case would be two politicians. If each is able to gather one million votes

on their own, but together they were able to appeal to 2.5 million voters, their

synergy would have produced 500,000 more votes than had they each worked

independently. A song is also a good example of human synergy, taking more than

one musical part and putting them together to create a song that has a much

more dramatic effect than each of the parts when played individually.

In a business application, synergy means that teamwork will produce an

overall better result than if each person within the group were working toward

the same goal individually.

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consciousness and creativity emerge. The number of possible relationships

increases exponentially with the number of parts."[11] Permaculture seeks to

create more synergy in systems (whether they are gardens, groups or

communities) by seeking to make beneficial relationships between the different

elements of systems.

Synergy can also be defined as the combination of human strengths and

computer strengths, such as advanced chess. Computers can process data much

more quickly than humans, but lack the ability to respond meaningfully to

arbitrary stimuli.