Complexity in Practice
The global retail phenomenon called ‘Black Friday’ demonstrates true complexity. How what and where we buy shapes how we live.
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Cynefin Framework
Healing, by design
The concept of healing plays an integral part of healthy human development in many cultures, yet is largely unknown or misunderstood in
Read moreStanding Out / Outstanding: The Standards Problem
Human service providers live in paradox by stressing best practices while wishing for some recognition of the unique qualities that they bring. Can being unique be the standard we need?
Read moreSpectrum Thinking and Complex Systems
Systems thinking requires spectrum thinking. People must be able to see things on a gradient, rather than in absolute compartments. Students can’t be faulted too much for having a hard time with this when they are graded based on letters where a B+ is a 79 and an A- is one percentage point higher, yet the mere presence of a B (anything) on a transcript can mean the difference between an award, admission, or a job and not.
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