5th Principle – Variety kills variety

Is there a stop on the tram line that will lead to easy access to the carousel? Sometimes following the tracks of a a fixed plan can mean that we miss opportunities that pop up along our journey. The ability to improvise – is key to experiencing the ‘spice’ that is the variety of life.

See John Flach’s Linkedin Post

Followed by some more pondering about shaping and being shaped…..

The dynamics of causal models tend to be based on an arrow of time moving like a train from one station to the next. An alternative view emphasizes the cyclical flow in which actions feedback to shape and be shaped by their consequences, such that the path emerges from the coupling of actor and ecology (like a drip of water rolling off your hand). Is the flow of life more like a carousel or a train? Or neither? Or both?

See John Flach’s LinkedIn post