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COMPLEXITY THINKING: 3 CONCEPTS
Here are three concepts that I use regularly.
Open Systems and Boundaries.– Open systems are open to the environment in which they are situated. Energy and information flow across boundaries. In other words, these boundaries are not fixed or impermeable. They are flexible and porous.
Where we draw these boundaries depends on our purpose. What challenges are we trying to address? What situation are we trying to improve? What future do we hope to design?
Dancing Landscapes and Disciplines. — Our social and natural worlds are formed from deep, interdependent forces. We operate each day on a dancing landscape. That means that our knowledge about this world is always shifting, never fixed. We can best find our meaning through disciplines that deliver coherence, meaning, and a sense of belonging. In other words, in our conversations and relationships.
Adjacent Possibilities and Recombinant Innovation.– We uncover better solutions by exploring adjacent possibilities. The process of recombinant innovation — what we capture with Strategic Doing — provides a simple, practical discipline to explore these possibilities.
Source: online, author Ed Morrison, Accessed 16th October 2024