Our Tendency to Make the Simple Complex
Live comments lead to actions and the blossoming of new ideas. Lately, I exchanged comments with @Sara Jacobovici on my buzz "Simple Values Interactions". In her first comment Sara wrote in part " You highlight the need for simplicity that, unfortunately, our human nature finds difficult to accept; that is the human way, to complicate the simple. I think it's because we need to break things down to intellectually understand how things work. Yes, it's practical but we lose the trust of our ability to take in the whole and understand the "simple" fact. So when we identify the multiplicity of interactions that characterizes self-organizing systems, and stop the process there, we lose sight of the fact that such systems are dynamic and require continual interactions"
Part of my response to the above comment reads as follows "I may also add the pride that an intellectual finds in dealing with issues that aren't easy. This is a false pride. Your next statement is so powerful "... and stop the process there, we lose sight of the fact that such systems are dynamic and require continual interactions". This is the result of false pride. Is this a new paradox "The queen of paradoxes"? We say we are intellectual, but then this intellectualism that leads us far from understanding"?
I know Sara is going to discuss the above-mentioned paradox. My intention in writing this buzz is to further study our tendency to make the simple complicated or complex. The framework that masterfully encompasses these relationships is the cynefin created by Dan Snowden. We complicate life by adding too many details that turn the simple complex or complicated. I resembled this tendency in a presentation titled "A Creative Metaphor for Complexity". The slide below summarizes the main points of the presentation.
"Apparently humans tend not only towards more disorder, but also to more confusion".
Ali Anani, PhD
We make the simple process of finding the right key for the lock complicated, complex or even chaotic. We complain later that we have no time to sort things out. We are all guilty of doing this and including intellectuals.
The idea of applying the Blue Ocean Strategy on our lives to simplify them crossed my mind. I even went a step further by rearranging the building blocks of this strategy into a cynefin. We need to consider this for our way of living, our thoughts and behaviors accordingly if we aren't to lose the keys to our lives.
We need the BOS analysis of our lives to remove and stop irrelevant idea, thoughts and actions and increase positive one so that we are free to interact with other agents and possible create new solutions. Likewise, we need to consider creating new values to guide us in our life, to raise certain values and thoughts and to eliminate negative thoughts that complicate our lives. The alternative is to accept living confused lives ending up in chaos. We need to eliminate negative thoughts or at least reducing them with the support of raising positive thoughts and creating new ones. We need to stop practices that make it difficult for us to find the keys to the locked problems.
It is surprising that we make the simple complicated or complex and then insist on making plans that never succeed. This is a paradox and is an extension of the paradox that Sara and I discussed. Intellectuals still plan for complex issues that were simple because of their actions and still dream of having successful plans.
It is unfortunate that we make a simple life so complex and still hope that our plans would work. We aren't trying to shoot a bird while flying; more we are making the bird fly chaotically and still hope for shooting the bird.
Ali Anani, PhD
To be continued
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Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #37
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #36
Thank you so much Judy Olbrych for your extraction of two main focal points of the buzz. Keep buzzing and again welcome you on beBee. I have just commented on your mixed metaphor buzz and you are an established author.
Judy Olbrych
منذ 6 سنوات #35
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #34
Is it enough to say that your commentis a piece of my heart dear Franci\ud83d\udc1dEugenia Hoffman, Brand Ambassador @ beBee? I say thank you million times.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #33
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #32
Dear Tausif Mundrawala says what means we are first creative beings and then thinkers. I agree and if so creativity means coming up with simple solutions.. Keep writing simply, but not simpler.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #31
One thing I am confident about is the quality of your writing dear namita sinha "it shall immerse itself and disappear in the sand of time and tide". We need to remember that buried charcoal may turn into diamond under favorable conditions. We bury fruit under sand so that they may grow larger. Your comment is of this quality. My deepest respect for you
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #30
This is an extremely valued point dear namita sinha who referred also to opportunity costs in one of his recent comments on one of my buzzes. You are spot on- we have to accept that whatever choices we have we need to drop most of them. THis is a fact of life. I think that choices have sometimes a power law distribution. This means that we may have few major choices, a good number of average-rated choices and a host of small choices. We can't take them all and failing to accept this may paralyze us from taken any action.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #29
"The second point that comes to my mind again about human behaviour is that we don’t let go things so easily". Dear namita sinha, Success Coach- this isn't a postulation as research has confirmed that the longer we own an idea or belief, the more difficult it shall be to dispose of it. I concur with the whole of your superb comment. I defer my detailed response for your forthcoming post. Meanwhile, please accept my deepest thanks for writing such a comprehensive and eloquent comment.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #28
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #27
I don't know what to say Jerry Fletcher. I omitted a graph from the buzz in which I wrote "How fruitful is it to use a map in a changing landscape"? You beat the hell of me with your actionable comment. May be I should look below my feet.
Jerry Fletcher
منذ 6 سنوات #26
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #25
I agree with your analysis and synthesis Zacharias \ud83d\udc1d Voulgaris. It is not this or that as it is both. We tend to favor one side (right brain or left brain, or leader or manager as two examples). It is both and tilting to one side for long times is a lopsided and distorted thing to do. Yes, we need not only dismantle things, but may be even to piece them back in other creative forms.
Zacharias 🐝 Voulgaris
منذ 6 سنوات #24
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #23
Joyce \ud83d\udc1d Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee you wrote "I always try to get to the bottom line". In few words you said a lot. You remind me of bubbles as they always start from bottom up. The equivalent in complexity is the interactions among floor employees. It shouldn't be the other way round. Great thinking
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #22
You hit the nail on its head with your comment. I agree without questioning
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 6 سنوات #21
"4) Prioritize the 'to do' list and remain true to the order of items." So true. The to do list and its first 4 or 5 items never change. Service, empowering others and many others are the priorities of the to do list. Its when we allow the first few slots to become "I" related items that we tend to add to complexity. Great thoughts.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #20
You are a great thinker Ian Weinberg. I am really thrilled by your comment. It adds practical approaches to the buzz. Every point of your comment is worthy of writing a buzz about. For now, I would like to focus on your point #2. You wrote "In almost all cases, causative elements can be identified and changed to elicit a different outcome". Exactly, because when we change a parameter we change the current position or initial state. Complex systems are sensitive to the initial conditions and a different outcome may result. It is why we need to make simple changes and monitor for the outcomes. It is the butterfly effect in operation. I am sure I shall refer to your valuable comment in Part 2 of this buzz.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #19
Your comment is honorable and "delicious" Harvey Lloyd. he I in the equation and relating it to trust among team members is on the spot. The more I is focused, the less trust team members shall have. Breaking trust breaks with it communication and sharing of information with the simultaneity of raising doubt, negative feelings and good intentions. This is a hugely important issue. One of the trust equations says trust = (Credibility X Reliability)/I. The more I is focused, the less trust shall be there. We need to remove or at least minimize the I factor if we ever hope for the emergence of easy ideas for making easy solutions. I agree with your comment in full.
Joyce 🐝 Bowen Brand Ambassador @ beBee
منذ 6 سنوات #18
Ian Weinberg
منذ 6 سنوات #17
Harvey Lloyd
منذ 6 سنوات #16
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #15
thank you for your honest comment and sharing deardebasish majumder
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 6 سنوات #14
I am truly grateful.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #13
Thank you my dear Sara Jacobovici for your enriching comment. I think if we compile our exchanges of ideas a voluminous book shall be the outcome. This bazz resulted again from our exchange of comments. Your comment here adds to the value of our previous exchange of comments. Your quotes of Einstein and Tolstoy are relevant and spot on. The irony is that the challenge is keeping things simple as complicating them is much easier. Therefore, I am i complete harmony with your writing "From this I am gleaning that, for me, I shouldn't be afraid of the simple answer, insight, thought or action, as less than. I can still be in the complexity but stay open to perceiving its simple meaning". This is the message I wanted to communicate and you highlighted it beautifully. As simple rules interact to make complexity, we are the same. We interact and the resulting complexity will have some order, self-organizing and possibility of new ideas emerging. SImple, but the feedback doesn't make them "simpler". You have been a great partner along my journey, Sara. I truly mean it.
Sara Jacobovici
منذ 6 سنوات #12
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #11
We need to keep life simple and what you do is completely agreeable to me Lisa \ud83d\udc1d Gallagher. I made my simple rules. Only tag people if they are mentioned in y buzz. Tag when requested to do so Tag bees on very relevant buzzes that aren't authored by me. For example, I dare to tag @Sara Jacobovici because I know of her interests. In average, I do it once or twice a week. Simple rules keep the clutter away.
Lisa Gallagher
منذ 6 سنوات #10
I completely understand Ali \ud83d\udc1d Anani, Brand Ambassador @beBee. I get tagged a lot by a few and I was trying to read/comment on every tag. I decided not to feel guilt if it's something I can't relate to or I have no interest in reading and I move on. We all have different interests but that doesn't mean because I find no interest in one person's buzz that others may feel the same as me. That's what makes each of us unique. I never take it personal if someone doesn't comment on something I write. My writing can be very personal and it's not for everyone.
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #9
Thank you dear Lisa \ud83d\udc1d Gallagher and I am happy to hear that you are now in good health. Free-flowing interactions are what we desire. Negative feelings and emotions may lead to interactions, but of the undesirable side. You are right and that is why I refrain from commenting on a buzz written by a friend if it is outside of my domains of interest. This way I feel obliged to write about a topic that isn't close to my heart and I shall be then hurting myself and the author bee. Thank you again for contributing a much desired comment.
Lisa Gallagher
منذ 6 سنوات #8
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #7
Thank you my friend David Navarro L\u00f3pez for writing such an explicit comment. I shall focus on this segment of your lovely comment "The need of recognition. Coming from industrial maintenance, as you know, I have met technicians who, in front a simple problem, searched for the most complex solution, just to show how "good" they are, just to at last, coming along with the same simple solution of the origin, and become "the saviour" of the situation". I experienced this. I was on a visit to a foreign country. My visit included a trip to a newly-commissioned paints factory. The computer system failed. The engineers and maintenance staff had to dig deep for the problem. A young man (19 years old) brought a hair-dryer and applied hot air to some cables that were humid. LOL- the computer system worked. On another visit to a water pumping using photovoltaics-powered system the pumps didn't work. I was invited to see through the problem. To my surprise, the photovoltaic system was shadowed by trees and was denied the sun. I pushed the branches away and the system worked. I made a flight just to remove the trees! Yes, our pride doesn't accept dealing with simple things. But only to discover how costly this could be.
David Navarro López
منذ 6 سنوات #6
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #5
Very interesting comment and "identifying disorders as if they are our identity" is an eye-opener for me to probe in a greater detail. I thank you for your contribution Cyndi wilkins
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #4
Yes, I agree Lyon Brave. However; there are avoidable complexities and unavoidable ones. For example, the role of technology in disrupting our lives in unavoidable and we need to accept this complexity. Humans behaviors complicating issues is at least in part an avoidable complexity. WE have enough unavoidable complexities to deal with.
Cyndi wilkins
منذ 6 سنوات #3
Lyon Brave
منذ 6 سنوات #2
Ali Anani
منذ 6 سنوات #1