Tag: dynamic complexity
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Dynamic Complexity: Why Persistent Systems Cannot Be Understood Through Detail Complexity Alone
Persistent societal issues often remain unchanged despite numerous interventions due to a focus on detail complexity rather than dynamic complexity. Dynamic complexity highlights how actions taken may have delayed consequences that reinforce existing structures. Understanding these deeper relationships through Behavior Over Time can reveal the systemic patterns responsible for resistance to change and guide effective…
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Newspaper Column #9: Why do some problems defy, no, NOT change? – Part I
As it appeared in the Sunday Standard, Botswana on Sunday Dec 16, 2012 edition. Dynamic Complexity vs. Detail Complexity We face problems daily. And, we do not doubt our ability to deal with them. Sometimes, this confidence can pull wool over our heads that we can deal even with the stubborn ones, in much the same way. We would…
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