5 things school leaders should know about complexity @head_teach
1️⃣ The control trap-human error arises from complexity. Our response is to over-complicate. If we look beyond the error, we can learn the intricate worlds of practice & understand how to improve it #BrewEdBrum
1️⃣ The control trap-human error arises from complexity. Our response is to over-complicate. If we look beyond the error, we can learn the intricate worlds of practice & understand how to improve it #BrewEdBrum
2️⃣ Naive Interventions
Iatrogenic effect-something we do whilst trying to be helpful but it’s unhelpful. We solve problems that we’ve created. We value the doing rather than avoiding making complexity worse. Great things happen when leaders aren’t around #BrewEdBrum
Iatrogenic effect-something we do whilst trying to be helpful but it’s unhelpful. We solve problems that we’ve created. We value the doing rather than avoiding making complexity worse. Great things happen when leaders aren’t around #BrewEdBrum
3️⃣Cognitive bias of leaders
We have a bias as leaders to our point of view. We see things in school and we create policy that focuses on the solutions rather than the problems. Instead, we need to work with people to diagnose the problem, giving time to analysis #BrewEdBrum
We have a bias as leaders to our point of view. We see things in school and we create policy that focuses on the solutions rather than the problems. Instead, we need to work with people to diagnose the problem, giving time to analysis #BrewEdBrum
4️⃣Intransigent minorities
We need to isolate the complexity to avoid the minority rule. The main idea behind complex systems is that the ensemble behaves in way not predicted by the components. The interactions matter more than the nature of the units. #BrewEdBrum
We need to isolate the complexity to avoid the minority rule. The main idea behind complex systems is that the ensemble behaves in way not predicted by the components. The interactions matter more than the nature of the units. #BrewEdBrum
5️⃣Expertise in uncertainty
Expertise in complexity is not about knowing the answer. We need to accept solutions which are ‘good enough’. When we implement a solution, it becomes part of the next problem - just like Doctor Who. I LOVED the ref. Thank you @head_teach #BrewEdBrum
Expertise in complexity is not about knowing the answer. We need to accept solutions which are ‘good enough’. When we implement a solution, it becomes part of the next problem - just like Doctor Who. I LOVED the ref. Thank you @head_teach #BrewEdBrum
