I’m attending the Engaged Communication conference in Aspen, Colorado this weekend. During the kick off, Dr. Gregg Walker gave a great keynote about his work with collaborative learning. He included a great reference to Elise Boulding, and her work (before it was cool) on organizational connectedness.  I’ve always loved her thoughts on complexity, which reminds me to continue to resist the managerial reductionist instincts that seem to be so tightly woven into my professional affiliation.

Here it is:

“We can’t simplify the world. There’s no wand we can wave to remove the complexities
around us…  So, in a profound sense, we have to take responsibility for  living on the planet.”