The Hammer and The Dance:
The Case for Crushing the Coronavirus with Coercive Bureaucracy

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It’s The Journey, Not the Destination

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Are Multi-age Classrooms Better for Children?

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Age in the Classroom: Keep it Uniform or Mix it UP?

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Living in Complexity: Stories Today and Yesterday

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Humans, Technology and Complexity: Perks and Perils and Ageless Questions

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Managing in a Complex Environment: Applying Complexity Theory and Outcome Management to Global Problems

From Marc Narkus-Kramer a Plexus Catalyst and Plexus Institute board member.  My interest in Plexus began when I was working at the MITRE Corporation and experienced the power of complexity thinking and practice that Plexus introduced to a project.  I recently retired from MITRE and decided to explore how to build a process for organizational understanding and implementation of an integrated method of using complexity as a guiding principle for outcome management. I recognize how projects and conversations that include [...]

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