Skate to Where the Puck Is Going, Not Where It’s Been Hockey as a lived lesson in complexity

I love the hockey metaphor in Jen Briselli’s post, Head Up, Feet Moving, especially the way she challenges the familiar “skate to where the puck is going” line. Instead of prediction, the focus shifts to sensing, positioning, and responding from within the play.

Hockey is treated not as a neat analogy but as a lived example of a complex adaptive system, where understanding comes through participation, not analysis from a distance.

What matters is reading possibilities, staying agile, and recognising that our actions help shape what emerges. The post is an excellent introduction to complexity.