complexity
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Systems and complexity
A quick guide to post-normal science
Post-normal science comes into play for decision-making on policy issues where facts are uncertain, values in dispute, stakes high and…
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Because You Need to Know
Because You Need to Know – Bruce Boyes
Heading into the KM garden to farm the knowledge: organizational knowledge is a natural resource, and RealKM's Bruce Boyes tells…
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Systems and complexity
Tuning resilience and robustness of complex systems
Understanding that systems tend to be naturally robust but can be made more resilient through conscious system design practices adds…
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Book reviews and releases
Two practical KM guides on “getting good” at leading complex projects and crisis response
Guides to support practical decision-making and competence building in leading in the face of complexity.
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Systems and complexity
The (il)logic of legibility – Why governments should stop simplifying complex systems
Thea Snow discusses how the desire to make complex systems ‘legible’ can serve to constrain policymaking and lead to decisions…
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Systems and complexity
The need for new leadership in this COVID-era
New research suggests that effective leadership in the face of wicked problems calls for a very different set of virtues…
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Systems and complexity
Taking responsibility for complexity (section 4.2): Implications for aid agencies
Overall, there needs to be greater recognition that development is a knowledge industry, including readjusting the skills base and organisational…
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Systems and complexity
Case studies in inappropriate responses in the face of complexity
Managers and leaders are partly responsible for management fads that aren't appropriate responses to complexity. But governments and research institutions…
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Systems and complexity
Taking responsibility for complexity (section 4.1): What are the implications for governance and public administration?
Complexity implies that the scope of ‘governance’ needs to widen considerably, and governance work also needs to expand to take…
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Systems and complexity
Taking responsibility for complexity (section 4): Conclusion
Thoughts and questions as to what the principles and priorities for tackling complexity might mean for governance and public administration…