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 … | Steven Pinker 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 Snowden (1)Dave Snowden Management ConsultantPosts: Dave Snowden (6)Carpe Diem – Seize the Day Seize the day everyoneChanging People ** The Continue reading Complex Humans Are Mind-body-world Beings Dave Snowden
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. Continue reading The Anthropocene The age of humans
We 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 such as Ralph Stacey and Dave Snowden have developed methods to make sense of this complexity, highlighting how human interactions shape unpredictable and adaptive social systems. Continue reading We Humans Are Complex Human socio-technical systems are complex
