Reality Strikes Back: A Cartoon Guide to Complexity

Reality Strikes Back: A Cartoon Guide to Complexity is for anyone who’s trying to explain messy, real-world problems to people who desperately want a neat, linear cause.We love clear causation. Root causes. Simple fixes. It's understandable.But many of today’s challenges in healthcare, cities, organisations, policy or technology don’t work like that. They’re complex: tangled, adaptive, and full of unintended consequences.The trouble is that complexity is hard to explain to decision makers who think in straight, causal lines.So I made it visible—by drawing funny (and slightly irreverent) cartoons about it.This book helps you:recognise “linear thinking” trapsexplain complexity without sounding academicstart better conversations about what’s really going onshow how an organisation can better deal with complexityPerfect for leaders, consultants, public sector reformers, researchers, or anyone who is struggling to explain what complexity is (in organisational context) and why ignoring it is a bad idea.Use the cartoons to understand the problem, explain it to others… or as therapy. Your choice. Read more