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amani gera
Accountant, Egypt
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Change is a Natural Process
If we think about change as a natural process in life...
This occurs from two related lines:
1. The theory of chaos and self organization on the one hand, and
2. Complexity theory on the other hand.
As Gareth Morgan said: 'Examine the flocking of birds; inspite of all the unpredicitability, coherent order always emerges out of the randomness and surface chaos'.
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Cynefin Framework and Types of Change
Amani: check out the Cynefin framework. Complexity and chaos theory is applied here to distinguish between traditional "idealistic" and "naturalistic" change.
- Idealistic change is appropriate if the situation is on the ordered side (complicated and simple domain) because cause and effect relationships exist.
- However, where there is unpredictability, uncertainty, and no known cause/effect relationships, we are on the unordered side of complexity and chaos. Here the change process must be naturalistic; that is, we let the system find the solution. This is where your statement "change as a natural process in life" makes sense.
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Dolva, Australia
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Natural Change?
Gary - what if order is only created by human societies - which means idealistic change can only happen there?
We live in a natural system where change is the 'order of the day'. Though we may not see or measure it as we set our parameters incorrectly.
Hence idealistic change cannot actually occur - we only think (or perceive it within our limits?) it does. Change is dynamic.
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Chaos is Natural
Dolva: I agree with you. Order, stability, consistency are all human desires. But it's a two-edged sword. When we have too much order and stability, problems begin to arise that can only be resolved by disrupting existing patterns and systems.
In the Cynefin framework, Dave Snowden depicts this by describing the boundary between the simple and chaotic domains as a slippery edge. We become too complacent and comfortable and begin creeping closer and closer to the boundary. And when we cross the simple/chaotic boundary, it's not a gentle decline but a significant drop and crash.
The occupy movement is a good example. Unhappy dissidents have plunged people into chaos. In response, the politicians in charge try to restore order and move back into the simple domain. Alas, we end up doing a pendulum swing between simple <-> chaotic.
The smart alternative is to move from the chaotic to the complex domain. These leaders advocate experimenting with social change ideas rather than returning to the status quo.
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Dolva, Australia
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We Must Embrace Complexity
Fantastic Gary. I wonder if in our attempt to force our chaotic/complex systems to conform (current economic, social and other theories) and therefore we deconstruct them, have we lost our natural abi (...)
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Gary Wong
Consultant, Canada
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Resilience versus Robustness
@Dolva: Your use of the word "resilience" is very apropos. I sense there is a shift away from "robustness", a paradigm that doesn't like failure and therefore, we spend countless hours and dollars att (...)
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Prakash Peter
Consultant, India
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Change is a Natural Process
From uncertainty order, stability and consistency occurs. When desires gets strengthened by commitment, mind will become free of lust and confusions and will overcome all its limitations and the renew (...)
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TSE Pak Hoi Isaac (Dr.)
Professor, China
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Chaos is Dissipatory, Complex Emergence of Order is Constructive on Its Own
@Dolva: chaotic situations dissipate energy and resources. Nature resolves surplus energy and emotion by allowing self-healing (autopoiesis) and the emergence of new preferences.
New preferences make (...)
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Darryl Lynn Jones, United States
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Have Humans Lost the Ability to Live with Uncertainty?
Hi Dolva, if may interject a brief observation, consider that self-preservation drives technology which originates within cognition for all beings.
As you know, homo sapiens sapiens occupy the highe (...)
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Joseph Adedio Egievba
CEO, South Africa
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Change is Embedded in Life
Change is embedded in every living being that exist on earth. Human development and growth entails change. Therefore, it is necessary. (...)
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Sayran Ghafuri,Kittani
Coach, Iraq
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Contrived or Uncontrived Chaos Precedes the Process of Change
Every change process involves a state of tension and is accompanied by a degree of risk, but the change process is preceded by a state of chaos, whether contrived or not. (...)
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