Understanding Paradox and Polarity in Complexity (classroom & Asynchronous E-Learning)

In working with human systems, one would often encounter paradoxes and dilemmas that seem to demand inevitable trade-offs. This often results in deepening fault lines and resentments that can threaten to fragment human systems particularly in resource scarce contexts, or shows up as resistance and difficulty in moving human systems towards a desired state.

What You'll Learn

• Discuss the approach of polarity management in contrast to traditional problem solving approaches
• Recognise common polarities at play within human systems and describe the inter-dependent relationship of seemingly opposing poles

Topics:

• Polarities, paradoxes and dilemmas
• Polarities management