Shawn Callahan at Anecdote links to a video presentation on complexity by Michael Crichton. Sean highlights these quotes:
To learn how to manage complex systems takes humility.
To manage complex systems takes the ability to admit we are wrong and to change course.
If you manage a complex system you are frequently if not always wrong.
Fascinating stuff.
not getting stuck at the centre of attention
finding a more human way of connecting in the networks we belong to
Embracing uncertainty and avoiding simplistic solutions
What’s going on when we use language?
There’s more potential in each moment than we realise
there’s more to meeting fear than our thoughts
getting out of the rut in familiar relationships
learning from experience, not theory
noticing the effect our stories have on us as tellers
Being careful where we invest our imagination
This is question I get asked a lot in meetings especially those with more conversational and participatory formats like Open Space. It’s what’s expected of a facilitator isn’t it? Increasingly
Dave Pollard has posted a great summary of The Wisom of Crowds. I’d like to focus on this bit: The group’s answer he shows is almost invariably better than any
Tim Kitchin pointed me to this fascinating paper: Human Nature and Social Networks by John H Clippinger. As Tim summarises this gives strong evidence that humans are biologically programmed to
A lot of conversations about the need for action frustrate me as I’ve blogged before. So Ton’s reflections on Reboot 11 which had “action” has its theme, make a lot
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