In management cybernetics, there are 3 types of systems: simple, complex, and exceedingly complex. The systems we pay the most attention tend to be, you guessed it, exceedingly complex. In this episode, I explore what that means for how we do our work and run our businesses—and what happens when we forget that people are exceedingly complex systems, too.

Footnotes:

Cyberboss by Craig Gent
Thinking In Systems: A Primer by Donella Meadows
Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown
"Practicing the Future: 3 Ideas for Rethinking Change" at What Works

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