Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Predictability is impossible

"When you examine the behaviour of an open living system like a business organisation ... the dynamics get so complicated so quickly, that predictability is impossible. All possible scenarios will quickly diverge in time. The sensitivity of such a system to initial conditions, means that infinitesimally small events, particularly at the start of any intervention, really do matter." (Rowley & Roevens, 2007, p.25)

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