an online book by David Gurteen
Anthro-complexity is the study of the complex systems and processes involved in human societies, including social, economic, political, and cultural phenomena. It is an interdisciplinary field that combines insights from anthropology, sociology, economics, and other social sciences to understand how humans organize and interact in large-scale societies.
Dave Snowden is a Welsh management consultant and researcher in the field of knowledge management. Known for the development of the Cynefin framework, he is the founder and chief scientific officer of The Cynefin Company, a Singapore-based management consulting firm specializing in complexity and sensemaking. I have known Dave for many years and follow his … Continue reading Dave Snowden Management Consultant
A real society comprises hundreds of millions of social beings, each with a trillion-synapse brain, who pursue their well-being while affecting the well-being of others in complex networks with massive positive and negative externalities, many of them historically unprecedented. It is bound to defy any simple narrative of what will happen under a given set … Continue reading A Rational Approach to Politics Is to Treat Societies as Ongoing Experiments Steven Pinker
The “human” in anthro-complexity is not a disembodied mind; it is not a mechanical body nor an island entirely of itself. Complex humans are mind-body-world beings, all rolled into one. Credit: Dave Snowden People: Dave SnowdenDave Snowden Management ConsultantPosts: Dave SnowdenCarpe Diem – Seize the Day Seize the day everyoneChanging People ** The challenge of … Continue reading Complex Humans Are Mind-body-world Beings Dave Snowden
From Enlightenment to Entanglement Two Worlds Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Humans have existed for a mere 200,000 years. Nonetheless, our impact on the Earth has been so significant that scientists are proposing that this period in the Earth’s history should be named the ‘Anthropocene’ — the age of humans. The Earth is … Continue reading The Anthropocene The age of humans
Our World Is Complex Our Old Ways of Thinking and Working Are Failing Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Humans are extraordinarily complex, shaped by billions of years of evolution. Understanding human systems is challenging because they differ from natural or technical systems. Thinkers like Ralph Stacey and Dave Snowden have developed ways to … Continue reading We Humans Are Complex Human socio-technical systems are complex
