Leading Blog
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
A system, an object, or a person can preserve stability while they undergo change. And the more stable, functionally sound, and grounded they are, the easier the person, system, or object can incorporate changes without being completely disrupted. A change in perspective will help you to upgrade your response system.
Deming Institute
OCTOBER 20, 2016
Leadership and the New Science: Learning about Organizations from an Orderly Universe by Margaret Wheatley does a good job of exploring how to view organizations as a system. The new science aspect provides the frame of reference of quantum physics and chaos theory. instead results emerge from a system.
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Management Craft
DECEMBER 28, 2014
In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Complex systems. Even more satisfying is the notion that small might be greater than big. Ah yes, we are chaotic!
Management Craft
DECEMBER 28, 2014
In a world that is focused on big things—big business mergers, box office hits, platinum music CDs, supermodels, best-selling books, Humvees, big-box retailers—it’s nice to contemplate the power of the very small. Complex systems. Even more satisfying is the notion that small might be greater than big. Ah yes, we are chaotic!
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 6, 2011
Complexity arises from the interconnections between things — how parts within a system interact via intricate feedback mechanisms. However, systems thinking, chaos theory, power laws, and the like are not enough. The hallmark of a wicked problem is that it cannot be reduced to a single-cause explanation.
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