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 /VIEW-IMAGE/$File/view-image.png "Image information"){kind=small} Many people in organisations are frustrated that no matter how hard we try and control our workforce and their actions, that no matter how many rules, procedures and structures we impose, and no matter how many plans we draw up, things still do not happen as we intend. But if we are able to view our organisations as complex evolving systems we can see them for what they really are - vibrant communities and we can set about releasing a powerful force - the imagination and ingenuity of our people which is our true competitive advantage.For two good introductions to "complexity" see: Introduction to the Basic Concepts of Complexity Science 
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Trojan Mice
Book  Changing Conversations in Organizations (2002) by Patricia Shaw  A Complexity Approach to Change (Complexity and Emergence in Organisations) Cognitive Edge (Jul 2007) by Dave SnowdenMaking Sense of Complexity Organizational Survival in the New World by Alex Bennet , David Bennet The Intelligent Complex Adaptive System Category  Organizational Complexity [14 items]Link  Cognitive EdgeDave Snowden's Cognitive-Edge Organization (formerly the Cynefin Centre) Trojan MiceUnderstanding complex adaptive systems Media File  Mini-clip interview for Gurteen Knowledge with Alex BennetMini-clip video interview at KM Asia 2006 Past Event  Leading through Complexity 03 Apr 2009, Cognitive Edge Pte Ltd To be confirmed, Singapore City, Singapore Person  Annabelle Mark Professor of Health Care Organization, Middlesex University Business School Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer - Cognitive Edge Ralph Stacey Professor of Management & Director of the Complexity & Management Centre at the Business School of the University of Hertfordshire, UK
Quotation   On the idealistic verses naturalistic approach by Dave Snowden Founder & Chief Scientific Officer - Cognitive Edge
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