I wanted to share this request that came from a member of a different complexity list. Thanks, Jon Dear all The use of complexity theory is very new in primary...
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Jul 15, 2005 2:25 pm
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Dear all, I've made a similar request before. But I would like to once again ask the group for any insights on conflict and conflict resolution\management from...
Jon Bennett
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Jul 15, 2005 2:27 pm
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Hi Jon, You have to create the conditions (I call it building the BOWL in my book, The Leadership Dance) where it is safe for people to talk about the ...
Hi, This request looks as if it it is trying to operate from the outside to manipulate things using ideas from complexity and chaos. In my view this is...
Jon, I agree with Dick that the ideal situation is to create an environment in which it is safe to discuss controversy and conflicts. However, from a systems...
Jon, Regarding the request you forwarded (see below), I have been using system dynamics and agent-based modeling techniques to do this sort of thing, with good...
Dear Buck and others, I believe it is clear that you (all) consider a 'world' for your complexity which is a well limited model, cut from the totality, all of...
Jon: Conflict can be viewed as absence of rhythm and harmony. Musical metaphors can be applied by representing business indicators using auditory stimuli...
Hi all, I am currently working on a review and synthesis of the computational modeling research to date that has explored "leadership" in organizations. Some...
to Complex-M List from Lewis L Smith Members may be interested in the above paper by H. Peyton Young of Johns Hopkins U, CSED working paper 29....
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to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith Members may be interested in "BIOLOGICAL NATURE OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE LEARNING ORGANIZATION" [Nov 2004] by...
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Dear Friends, I just received this interesting paper from a visitor to my Codynamics website. Sociocracy is hot in The Netherlands and growing elsewhere - my...
to Complex M from Lewis L Smith Alert member Marty Grogan caught my typo. The URL of the Brookings Institution is < brook.edu > NOT < ...
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Aug 5, 2005 10:35 am
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Dear Group, I'm sure it's occurred to some of you that complexity theory might have something to say about the preparation and response to Katrina. If we could...
There is no "complexity theory" in negligence, greed, power-hunger, incompetence and more. The manytimes-warned repair of the N-O levees could have been done...
Jon, I don't think a knowledge of complexity would have helped the government types in charge at all. They calculated that there was a one in a thousand chance...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith In my understanding, hurricanes are not complex systems but "erratic deterministic" systems, misnamed "chaotic" in the...
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Good to hear from you again Ken, There is a good article in the Wall St. Journal today comparing the Katrina evacuation with dealing with the aftermath of the...
Dear Lewis, thanks for the 'teaching' on hurricanes. I, for one, appreciate it. If I may add my vocabulary to your text: 'deterministic' is the entire world,...
... Lewis, To me there is no dichotomy between complex vs chaotic/erratic deterministic - at least from the point of view of Salthe's theory of hierarchical...
Serious planning can be very intense, the challenge as all have been are complex aspects to how we move. Logistics could not have responded in part because of...
to Cpmplex-M from Lewis L Smith Wm Hall has commented eruditely on my posting. However, I must hasten to point out that it...
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to Complex-M from Lewis L. Smith Your reply to my posting this subject raises a number of issues and to the extent to which we...
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Jon, This is precisely the point. As long as the bureaucracies involved are wedded to their cultures, they will be unable to respond in a manner that...
to Complex-M from Lewis L Smith Clunky AOL sent my postiing which replies to John Mikes comment on my original posting before it was...
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Bill, Could you expound on your interesting comment below: Serious planning can be very intense, the challenge as all have been are complex aspects to how we...
"Clunky AOL and Treacherous Yahoo... I received the conclusion below and have as remark only that I don't seem to 'find' your reply to Wm Hall - I had more...
To All: Perhaps the issues are less complex and more common sense than the ongoing discussion suggests. Many of the following thoughts sketched below simple...
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