Comments on: Launch of 4 UK research programmes on complexity and society is great news (but watch out for the illusion of control)

By: Milton Friesen

Milton Friesen — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:08:54 +0000

I think the discussion of whether a complex system can be manipulated is important. I think that they indeed can, but it depends on where in the cycle you are. The systems can be nudged with desirable strange attractors being fed and undesirable patterns muted.

From a leadership perspective, I think that we need conceptual frameworks that are based on adaptive leadership clusters of practice – what I call ingenuity arts – which don’t entail rigid methodologies but which include a range of learned adaptive moves that can be made.

Great to see what is happening in the UK. Things don’t seem quite as far along in Canada in this regard.

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Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:22:32 +0000

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By: Angela McClowry

Angela McClowry — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 23:52:11 +0000

Thanks, interesting to hear about the programmes of work including sustainability. We are attempting to create a framework for sustainability that is information-centric. So as to be able to measure complex inter-dependencies and enable objective, evidence-based decisions for sustainability.