Waves 2024: Why complexity matters – Nora Bateson and Dave Snowden hosted by Sara Lindeman

18 Apr 2024

This is the Day 1 opening session of Waves Forum for Changemakers 2024 in Helsinki, Finland. In this fireside chat with Nora Bateson, International Bateson Institute, and Dave Snowden, Cynefin Company, hosted by Sara Lindeman, Leapfrog, we explore what changemakers can learn from complexity science to better understand change in complex social systems.

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Key takeaways from the afternoon fireside chat about hashtag#complexity by Dave Snowden and Nora Bateson in Helsinki Waves event for change makers.
1️⃣ You can’t change a complex system by changing parts, but you can change interactions.
2️⃣ Do not try to fix a problem, change the ecosystem.
3️⃣ Do not change mindsets, change the context.
4️⃣ There are no linear causalities in complex systems.
5️⃣ Heterogenous systems evolve, homogenous do not.
6️⃣ Learn where you are now (as a system), move to ”adjacent possible”, and evaluate again.
7️⃣ Sustainable change happens at the local level.