We specialize in organizational issues and I have noticed a number of
comments by John Conover and others having to do with the topic of
"complexity" and complexity theory. I would offer a word of information
relative to Complexity and Chaos and work done by members of The Santa Fe
Institute...a conference is scheduled for July on the topic, and will most
likely be held at Sol y Sombra here in Santa Fe. This location was
formerly the residence of Georgia O'Keefe and is a marvelous site for such
discussions as have taken place in this Learning List. For more
information please feel free to contact me.
I surely did find John Conover's response to Valdis Krebs "increasing
returns" concept to be right on the money. I would add to the discussion
the notion that there is in a complex system the need for a "critical
mass" or adequate number of "operators" without which useful work cannot
commence and which is then merely random. The utility of this sort of
thinking is that it may apply to business and economic units which might
be considered complex systems and who can and do often operate short of
chaos. More than one input is needed in modern business and other
organizations, with the danger point in the leader's needing to be
correct" all the time. Fascinating material...
A penny for your thoughts...
John Constantine
--John Constantine <rainbird@trail.com>
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