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Because so many of the challenges that we face now are complex, we need approaches to meeting that complexity. Although there is a desire to reframe these complex issues in simple terms that might lend themselves to easy solutions, this usually leads to the dangers of unintended consequences of reductionism… and further problems. It is inspired by ... See more
You will have a much harder time dealing with a gnarly challenge if you have not distilled it down to a crux. No one solves a problem they cannot comprehend and hold in their mind.
Richard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
When you feel lost in ambiguity, ask a different question.
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
Complexity gives a comforting impression of control, while simplicity is hard to distinguish from cluelessness.
Morgan Housel • Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes
But here's the thing: while different decisions bring different consequences and levels of complexity, there's nothing in reality that makes one decision more difficult than another… The outside-in misunderstanding is the main source of difficulty in decision-making… But as you fall out of the complexity of contaminated thinking… You fall into the
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