Dragons of Complexity

Some basic assumptions lock us into old, command-and-control ways of thinking. We are collaborating wit Michael Spayd, MA and Marie Murtagh to find the key to unlock possibility in complexity. https://bit.ly/3PTecv6 . We call these limiting beliefs “Dragons,” and the keys to unlock them include:

• Certainty is an Illusion. We are trained to expect certainty and to see uncertainty as a threatening exception. In reality, uncertainty is the rule. We cannot engage with it until we recognize its power and see it as a door to possibility.
• Patterns instead of Problems. Simple problems can be solved, but we don’t need to worry about them. Our biggest challenges are ‘wicked issues’ that will never be solved. When we see them as patterns to shift, then we stop blaming ourselves and others when our well-planned and well-intentioned solutions fail.
• Difference is Energy. Power of privilege pushes toward common ground, but the power of possibility emerges from diversity. The paradigm of the future releases potential of difference through generative engagement.
• Time is not a Line. Opportunities multiply when you see time as an infinite past folding into a pregnant present and unfolding into an ever-expanding future.
• Precision isn’t Accuracy. Sometimes, in complex environments, soft eyes and big pictures give an accurate picture that reveals more truth than the validity and reliability of measured precision.

Join us as we bring these “Dragons” to life. Break through the assumptions that keep us stuck in paradigms of the past. https://bit.ly/3PTecv6