Understanding Complexity with Dave Snowden - OrgDev Episode 93

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This episode explores how to apply complexity thinking in organizations and the challenges of leading in uncertain environments.

We'd love to hear from you so send us a message! How to apply complexity thinking in your organisation If we can’t reliably predict what will happen in our organisations, can’t control outcomes in any simple way, and can’t even agree on what’s true – how do we lead? That’s the territory explored in this conversation with Dave Snowden. We move beyond tidy change models and into the realities of uncertainty, distributed knowledge and contested meaning. This episode challenges the instinct to s...

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Hosts: Dani Bacon, Garin Rouch

Guest: Dave Snowden

Topics covered

• complexity thinking
• leadership
• uncertainty
• distributed knowledge
• change models

Keywords

• complexity
• leadership
• uncertainty
• knowledge
• change

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