You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Relational thinking is a way of seeing the world that places greater precedence on the relations or connections between entities rather than simply looking at those elements as separate. The main overarching principle in the relational paradigm is a shift in one’s perception […]

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards An integrative level is a pattern of organization emerging on pre-existing phenomena of a lower level. Typical examples include life emerging out of non-living substances, and consciousness emerging out of the nervous system or social institutions emerging out of individual people interacting. As

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards A phase transition is a qualitative change in the overall structure and conditions of a system as it transitions from one regime to another. During a transition the global structures that supported the system previously disintegrate and new ones have to emerge –

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Nonlinearity describes a relationship where there is no direct linear connection between two variables, but instead changes can only be ascribe to multiple indirect connections or feedback dynamics. Nonlinearity allows for the output of an interaction to be more, or less, than the

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You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Self-organization describes how global patterns of organization within a system can emerge out of the local interactions between the components without global centralized coordination. The theory of self-organization seeks a description of how order emerges in a system through the interaction between the

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Emergence is a term used in philosophy, art, and science to describe how new properties and features are created as we put things together. Emergence describes a process whereby component parts interact to form synergies, these synergies then add value to the combined

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Synthesis means the combination of components or elements to form a connected whole. Synthetic thinking looks at the way the elements of a system are combined to form the functioning entirety. As opposed to analysis which breaks things down, this is a mode

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Multi-dimensionality refers to the nature of systems having multiple different patterns of organization across space and time horizons that form different paradigms. Working with complexity requires that we recognize these different frames of reference and their diversity. While reductionism aims to reduce an

You can find the full set of Complexity Concept Cards here: https://bit.ly/SiCards Reflexive thinking is about becoming aware of how our thinking shapes what we see, do, and thus the world we create. Systems thinking requires us to surface our paradigms and mental models so as to be aware of how they work, what they