Introduction: Complexity The world is fast-changing and increasingly more turbulent

Retrospective Coherence in a Complex World

What Is a System? **

The world is fast-changing and increasingly more turbulent.

The problems and challenges we face are both complex and adaptive and thus more resilient in the face of traditional approaches and ways of working.

1. What Is a System? ** An interconnected set of elements organized in a way that achieves something
2. Complex Is Not the Same as Complicated We tend to use "complex" to describe things that are actually just complicated or challenging.
3. Complex Systems and Complex Adaptive Systems ** Complexity
4. Complex Systems ** Many parts interacting with each other in multiple ways
5. Complex Adaptive Systems ** Complexity
6. Complex Responsive Processes Ongoing patterns of interaction between people
7. The Cynefin Framework A conceptual framework to help make decisions
8. Complex Adaptive Systems Vs. Complex Responsive Processes ** Complexity
9. Conversations Are Complex Responsive Processes Conversations are dynamic, emergent interactions shaping organizational reality
10. Conversations Through the Cynefin Lens Unraveling the intricacies of everyday conversations
11. Dispositional States ** Complexity
12. Emergence ** Complexity
13. The Vector Theory of Change Navigating change in a complex world
14. Navigating Complexity with Safe-to-fail Probes The power of safe-to-fail probes
15. Exploring Uncertainty – the Role of Catalytic and Safe-to-fail Probes Essential Tools for Understanding and Influencing Complex Systems
16. Technical Challenges and Complex Adaptive Challenges Distinguishing between straightforward and complex challenges
17. There Are No Solutions to Complex Challenges Only an endless series of adaptive responses
18. Unintended Consequences In a complex system, every purposeful action produces unintended consequences
19. Obliquity in a Complex World In a complex world, goals are often best achieved indirectly
20. Adaptive Leadership ** Mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and thrive
21. Actor-network Theory (ANT) Actor-Network Theory
22. The Role of Human Agency Within Actor-network Theory Actor-network theory
23. Retrospective Coherence in a Complex World How oversimplified narratives distort the past and hinder decision-making

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