Episode 129
From Complexity Fitness to Complexity Genius
In these times of rapid and chaotic change, how can we help leaders understand, embrace and even flourish in complexity?
In this conversation with executive coach Carolyn Coughlin we explore how we respond to complexity, what “complexity fitness” is, how adult development relates to complexity, arriving in context and fostering fluidity, testing patterns and moving towards “complexity genius”.
In this podcast we talk about:
03:10 How we respond to complexity
08:45 What is “Complexity Fitness”
13:00 Identity and change
16:40 The most important tool
23:30 Looking beneath limiting beliefs
29:50 Arriving in context
33:30 How to foster fluidity
39:15 The relational space
44:00 Experimenting as complexity genius
48:20 Testing patterns
54:00 Embracing lightness
1:00:00 From complexity fitness to complexity genius
Resources Mentioned:
Robert Kegan
Jennifer Garvey Berger
Cynefin Model
Dave Snowden
Dan Siegel