"We suspect that our greatest bone of contention is the idea that eliminating “unwarranted variability” while leaving all the good stuff – the stuff that largely goes unmentioned in the book - is a perilous conceit."

Should we eliminate noise? David Krakauer's critique of the book Noise is a gem of sound logic and deep understanding of the role of variability complex systems https://t.co/E8Xx1hByRd

2/2 "deeper reaches of the psyche, and allows a greater distance in treating matters we would hardly dare approach in the language of our childhood. As a rule it is easier both to swear and to analyze dispassionately in an acquired language."

1/2 ,Long quote ahead, about writing and thinking in a foreign language. This is Najdir commenting on J. Conrad's prose "[W]riting in a foreign language admits a greater temerity in tackling personally sensitive problems, for it leaves uncommitted the most spontaneous" (...)

I am reading -and enjoying it a lot- the book Darwin's People, by Brian Moon. Recommended. (In case there are still five people reading me here )

Thoughtful and interesting piece about observing your own mind's working. Why taking a perspective on your own thinking can reap great benefits (I can resonate with our approaches to coaching and leadership development)

Can we map all the various basins of attraction where our system tends to settle into? Really good piece by @LukeCraven about attractor basins

Reading Karl Popper in his own words is always so refreshing. Beautiful, insightful, ever relevant

Abbiamo un autoritario di destra (non voglio usare altri aggettivi) al ministero dei trasporti ma i treni manco arrivano in orario. Il peggio di tutti e due i mondi, insomma ...

An interesting development on the Pre Mortem by Gary Klein, is to have it done double-barreled. Consider the risks of acting *and* the risks of the alternative scenario -eg. doing nothing.

Call facilitation methods by their names. Great blog by Chris

Thinking is not in your head: cognitive, linear, in a vacuum. It is embodied, embedded, extended, enactive, and affective. Thinking is not in your head. This good article resonates a lot.

New study on North South trade exchange over the last two centuries: Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality

Two new books , looking forward to diving in 📚

It was great to be a guest on Maryam Hadnes podcast Workshops Work. We talked about resting and finding ease in complexity and in the unknown, the inner work of leadership, the challenge of facilitating in uncertainty, and a lot more.

Interesting new post by the Uncertainty Project 🔮Revisiting subjective probabilities

Gratitude for an amazing trip to New Zealand with friends, mentors, and colleagues (and gratitude for some serious overlap)

And read also Dave's original blog from 2020, here

Very interesting post by Chris Corrigan, referencing @snowded 's 6 routes out of confusion

Fateful words by Antonio Gramsci "The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born; now is the time of monsters". "Il vecchio mondo sta morendo. Quello nuovo tarda a comparire. E in questo chiaroscuro nascono i mostri".