Leading in complex times
Editor’s note: Lynda Gratton outlines some of the challenges of leading organisations as organisations become more complex.
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HR leaders on managing complexity
Editor’s note: Interesting to see how HR execs feel about increasing complexity around how business works – essentially, the context for learning initiatives.
Our self-inflicted complexity
Editor’s note: “We are bedeviled by manufactured complexity — complexity that could have been avoided but has instead been amplified by the pursuit of narrow knowledge in a broad world.” Great insights on complexity and the pursuit of knowledge.
Why managers haven’t embraced complexity
Editor’s note: The world of work has become more complex but have managers embraced that fact? Richard Straub looks at the issues.
Stephen Hawking’s advice for twenty-first century grads: Embrace complexity
Editor’s note: Stephen Hawking has called this the ‘century of complexity’. This piece looks at the skills graduates might need to work with that complexity.
10 startups that turn complexity into simplicity
Editor’s note: Useful tools that are making our lives simpler – learning for learning tech here?
Embracing complexity
Editor’s note: This interview with with Michael J. Mauboussin looks at how complex adaptive systems work and why businesses need to pay attention to complexity.