In management cybernetics, there are 3 types of systems: simple, complex, and exceedingly complex. The systems we pay the most attention tend to be, you guessed it, exceedingly complex. In this episode, I explore what that means for how we do our work and run our businesses—and what happens when we forget that people are exceedingly complex systems, too.Footnotes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/products/2958-cyberboss?srsltid=AfmBOopLD_476n25Rieu-pzpiwqK6ry7Rr8rWZjcUcEVl61PfIfBEqps">Cyberboss</a> by Craig Gent</li><li><a href="https://www.chelseagreen.com/product/thinking-in-systems/">Thinking In Systems: A Primer</a> by Donella Meadows</li><li><a href="https://www.akpress.org/emergentstrategy.html">Emergent Strategy</a> by adrienne maree brown</li><li>"<a href="https://www.whatworks.fyi/p/practicing-the-future-3-ideas-for?r=3p5vn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web">Practicing the Future: 3 Ideas for Rethinking Change</a>" at What Works     </li></ul>Every episode is published in essay form at What Works and delivered in my newsletter—<a href="http://whatworks.fyi">check it out and subscribe!</a>

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