Antibodies are special proteins used by the immune system in the human body to identify and combat foreign elements such as viruses and infections.
Scientists have found a subtype of rotifers, small freshwater invertebrates, which can capture and assimilate DNA from other organisms in the environment. “Researchers think this unusual capability of the organisms to copy and paste bits of foreign DNA may have helped this class of rotifers to exist for millions of years without resorting to sexual reproduction”. You can read about the NPR story here.
No organization or groups of people probably reject the notion of hiring an outsider like antibodies do in human bodies. Likewise, few organizations have mastered the art of assimilating an outsider into their company and culture like a certain kind of rotifer do.
Most organizations fall somewhere in between.
