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Complexity theory is an interdisciplinary theory that grew out of
systems thinking in the 1950s and 1960s drawing on research
largely in the natural sciences. Complexity thinking has been slowly
entering business vocabulary and academic literature since the late-
1980s.

The Complexity Perspective Can Seem, Well,

Complex!!

In the hard sciences, complexity theory is an analytic tool often
expressed in mathematics far beyond the understanding of the average
layperson. Worse, each branch of science tends to have its own jargon,
which again makes it difficult for the uninitiated to follow. Search
Google or check Wikipedia for complexity theory concepts and they
are also often expressed in mathematical terms or generalized with a
science focus; business applications are only occasionally considered
and when they are, they are often mixed in with hard science
terminology.

Luckily, in business, the constructs of complexity theory are best
thought of as metaphors that powerfully enlighten one's
understanding of business problems. This disposes of the need
for advanced math and means we need not feel guilty about expressing
complexity theory ideas in terms that make sense only to business
people.

Before we move on!

One of the aims of this Guide & Website is to simplify the confusion of
sources and jargons from hard sciences that makes the Complexity
Perspective hard to grasp for many folks so that they abandon it as too
esoteric.

In this Guide & Website, we have deliberately sharpened and
narrowed some of the terms used in Complexity Theory to make the
underlying ideas easier to grasp and apply in the business context.

As a start, there are few ideas used in this Guide that are absolutely
central to understanding all that follows:

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