After much delay, today's blog is only a quote. Having said that, it is quite a satisfying quote.
"Using the image popularized by chaos theorists, the invitation is to recognize that although we may be no more than "butterflies" in terms of our power on the overall system we can have enormous effects, especially when we use our insights about system dynamics and the nature of change to determine how and where to intervene." - Gareth Morgan
visit this site for some nice all-around reading on complex adaptive systems including some nice summary/extracts of various worthwhile books all trying to help us get those insights into system dynamics and the nature of change...
Goodnight ;)
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