Modelling Stories of the Beautiful Mess
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Argues that organizational complexity is a “beautiful mess” to navigate rather than a problem to eliminate, and gives concrete practices: build individual skills modeling (explicit micro‑models of roles and responsibilities), run recurring rehearsals and reps to practice coordination, and design environments that enable collective parts listening and real‑time improvisation. Claims these interventions create moving coherence, let teams influence outcomes without top‑down control, and turn unpredictable variation into predictable benefits.
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