AD: Its one of those areas I don't see come up AT ALL on HN, complexity theory [0] imho is a superset to all software engineering practises, because people are

AD: Its one of those areas I don't see come up AT ALL on HN, complexity theory [0] imho is a superset to all software engineering practises, because people are involved and not just because the things we are trying to solve are 'complex'. A great place to start is Dave Snowden's Cynefin sense-making framework [1][2]. Study it and embed it into your core thinking, it can underpin how you approach almost every problem you come across in life. I was fortunate enough to attend a masterclass with Dave Snowden and Simon Wardley (Wardley maps, another thing worth understanding and practising related to strategy, he's published the whole thing for free on Medium [3]). What was fascinating and part of the result of the 2 day class is that Simon Wardley had been using a Cynefin like model in his head whilst making decisions and when he came up with his mapping method, additionally they had both been inspired by Max Boisot [4]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_theory_and_organizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complexity_theory_and_organiza... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cynefin_framework [2] http://cognitive-edge.com/videos/cynefin-framework-introduction/ http://cognitive-edge.com/videos/cynefin-framework-introduct... [3] https://medium.com/wardleymaps/on-being-lost-2ef5f05eb1ec https://medium.com/wardleymaps/on-being-lost-2ef5f05eb1ec [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Space_(conceptual_framework) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-Space_(conceptual_framework)