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De Gruyter: Complexity theory and ancient Daoist philosophy come together in this ground-breaking new book for leaders, policymakers, and scholars/students of management, social policy and ethics. PR Newswire BERLIN, Aug. 8, 2024 THE DAO OF COMPLEXITY Making Sense and Making Waves in Turbulent Times By Jean Boulton Sept. 2024 | £19.00 | $24.99 | De Gruyter Paperback Original ISBN: 9783110992649 | eBook ISBN: 9783110981216 Understand and embrace inevitable complexity in today's world.
THE DAO OF COMPLEXITY Making Sense and Making Waves in Turbulent Times By Jean Boulton Sept. 2024 | £19.00 | $24.99 | De Gruyter Paperback Original ISBN: 9783110992649 | eBook ISBN: 9783110981216 Understand and embrace inevitable complexity in today's world. Engage effectively and respond positively to make change happen. BERLIN, Aug. 8, 2024 -- "My book of the year.
Sunset in the Forêt de Soignes, Belgium. David Edgar / CC BY-SA There is an area of forest, the Sonian Forest, that has been managed, but never been laboured; its soil is unchanged since the last Ice Age. It spans the district of Brussels (38%) and the two adjoining regions of Flanders (56%) and Wallonia (6%). In total there are 4,421 hectares of mainly beech trees, and, since 2017, this is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
Social scientists and policy-makes have long built their models around a theory of 'rational action' which bears little relation to how people respond to the complexities of the world around them. Recent decades have seen a dramatic growth in the literature on complex systems. Much of this has developed in mathematics, and in the natural and computational sciences. Increasingly however, this approach is gaining traction in the social sciences. This has in many ways been a breath of fresh air.
We’ve chosen the wrong science to understand the social world. On the one hand, there is an increasing focus for public sector organizations on defining detailed rules, standardizing methods, evidencing and measuring outcomes. The intention is to make the hospital or school work as an efficient, optimized, well-oiled machine. The belief is that if we tell people exactly what to do and check they do it exactly, then standards and efficiency will improve.
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