This chapter introduces fundamental management concepts through the lens of energy exchange between unities and collections in proximal and distant environments. It reframes traditional monitoring approaches by introducing the broader concept of ‘sensing’—both open and focussed—to detect and process changes in energy states. This chapter defines management as directing energy, not controlling people or systems, via three processes: sensing, processing, and (in)acting. It distinguishes between analytic and synthetic processing modes, introducing ‘synthanaletic’ processing as a reconciled middle ground. The chapter explains how urgency and environment affect how we process information, introducing an approach that considers energy states, familiarity, and available time. The chapter challenges conventional terminology around management, arguing that terms like ‘safety management’ or ‘quality management’ can be misleading since these constructs cannot be directly managed—only the energy directed toward actioning them can be. This reconceptualisation provides a more precise and universal understanding of management applicable across all living unities and their collections, whether in organisational contexts or broader systems.