Overview of Social Complexity

Reading List
Fundamental-Concepts
Complicated-Vs-Complex
Optional
Computational-Social-Science
Introduction-to-Cybernetics
Question
Where do you notice signs of complexity at work or your personal life?

Social Networks

Reading List
Social-Networks
Informal-Networks
Optional
Networks
Six-Degrees
Rich-Get-Richer
Network-Economy
Visualizations
Question
How can we harness the power of social networks?

Patterns and Self-Organization

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Patterns
Optional
Segregation
Cultural-Emergence
Question
Which social behaviors do you think are self-organized?

Rising Complexity 

Reading List
Human-Organizations
The-New-Science-of-Teams
Optional
Teams-of-Teams
Reliable-Stable-Institutions
Question
How adaptable are the social organizations around you?

Evolution, Competition and Cooperation

Reading List
Required-5
Question
How can we understand cooperation and competition in society?

Autopoiesis and Homoestasis

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Required-6
Question
How systems create the conditions for their own existence and evolution?

Innovation

Reading List
Where-Good-Ideas-Come-From
Question
What steps can we take to enhance innovation in our organizations?

Decision Making

Reading List
Precautionary-Principle
Complex-Systems-Thinking
Question
What products seem to be creating fragility in the market?