Russell Gonnering  Thinking
Russell Gonnering
The health care debate has occupied much of our energies this past year in the United States. We have seen multiple plans, arcane exceptions and a whole lot of opinion on what should, and what should not, be done to remedy what has been termed an intolerable situation by any number of talking heads. In […]
Read More
Russell Gonnering
If you are doing almost anything related to health care today, being “evidence based” is de rigueur. Even when it is not obligatory to do so, claiming to be “evidence based” conveys a measure of credibility nowadays that is valuable to have. So state Earl Steinberg and Bryan Luce in “Evidence Based? Caveat Emptor!” (Health […]
Read More
Russell Gonnering
I hope to have encouraged many of you to view health care as a Complex Adaptive System. In such a system, multiple independent self-selecting agents interact with each other and the system in ways only partially predictable. The agents and the system coevolve, according to relatively simple rules, with nonlinear outcomes produced at inflection points. […]
Read More
Russell Gonnering
Almost 40 years ago as a first-year medical student, I was toiling away in the gross anatomy laboratory attempting to learn the intricacies of the “complicated” human body. The instructor, a gruff general surgeon perhaps 80 years old with a cigar stuffed into his mouth (yes, those were different times) asked me where I was […]
Read More
Russell Gonnering
It rises like an ancient bird of prey, powerful, beautiful and perfectly designed for its purpose. Though it last sailed 1000 and more years ago, there is no mistaking the beauty, speed, and capability exuding from its elegant prow. At 24 meters long and 5 meters wide, the Gokstad ship at the Viking Ship Museum […]
Read More
Russell Gonnering
First off, I am honored to contribute to this blog. Over the next few weeks, I hope to engage you with applications of Complexity Theory and Sense Making to a topic that is extensively debated and highlighted in the US at this time: health care. I hope to have comments! This is a lively topic, […]
Read More

About the Cynefin Company

The Cynefin Company (formerly known as Cognitive Edge) was founded in 2005 by Dave Snowden. We believe in praxis and focus on building methods, tools and capability that apply the wisdom from Complex Adaptive Systems theory and other scientific disciplines in social systems. We are the world leader in developing management approaches (in society, government and industry) that empower organisations to absorb uncertainty, detect weak signals to enable sense-making in complex systems, act on the rich data, create resilience and, ultimately, thrive in a complex world.
ABOUT USSUBSCRIBE TO NEWSLETTER

Cognitive Edge Ltd. & Cognitive Edge Pte. trading as The Cynefin Company and The Cynefin Centre.

© COPYRIGHT 2024

linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram