{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68357ec21b846c88bdcd7480/6968f01b4715c795107bb15a?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"132: Skate where the poke is going","description":"<p>What if the reason you can't find the right name for your experiments is because you're asking the wrong question?</p><p><br></p><p>In this one, we tackle a deceptively simple question from friend-of-Tentacles Matti about behavioural scientists, voting SMS messages, and which Cynefin domain they're playing in. This spirals into a wonderfully messy exploration of why simulation has limits, why \"safe to fail\" needs better words, and what ice hockey can teach us about working in uncertainty.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Including-but-not-limited-to:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Why the person who thinks they can predict things in complexity is the most wrong of all</li><li>An ice hockey metaphor that might finally make Cynefin dynamics click (featuring goosebumps, but not just because it's cold)</li><li>How Multiverse Mapping deploys simulation for coherence testing, not fortune telling</li><li>The liminal zone between complicated and complex – and why most \"experiments\" live there</li><li>Why you can't measure a system without changing it</li><li>The profound difference between \"conditions and consequences\" vs \"cause and effect\" thinking</li><li>Why \"poking reality\" might be better than probes, scouts, or bets (or why we still can't decide)</li></ul><p><br></p><p>This one's for anyone who's tired of treating complex human behaviour like it's a physics problem – and anyone who's wondered why their \"experiments\" keep failing even though the logic seemed sound.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Links and references:</strong></p><p><br></p><ul><li>Matti J Heino (posed the question about voting SMS)</li><li>Dave Snowden (Cynefin framework, Ritual Dissent)</li><li>Jen Briselli (ice hockey player and fellow complexity wonk) <a href=\"https://medium.com/topology-insight/head-up-feet-moving-b56e60867190\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://medium.com/topology-insight/head-up-feet-moving-b56e60867190</a></li><li>Wayne Gretzky (Canadian hockey player, \"skate where the puck is going\" quote)</li><li>Ursula Le Guin (author, Earthsea series, concept of \"true names\")</li><li>Sun Tzu (conditions and consequences thinking)</li><li>Cynefin Dynamics <a href=\"https://cynefin.io/wiki/Cynefin_Dynamics\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://cynefin.io/wiki/Cynefin_Dynamics</a></li><li>Liminal Cynefin <a href=\"https://cynefin.io/wiki/Cynefin_Domains\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://cynefin.io/wiki/Cynefin_Domains</a></li><li>Tom's bounded applicability diagram <a href=\"https://triggerstrategy.com/pitch-provocations\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://triggerstrategy.com/pitch-provocations</a></li><li>Multiverse Mapping: <a href=\"https://multiversemapping.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://multiversemapping.com</a></li><li>Matthew principle / Matthew Effect (\"to him that has riches, more will come\")</li><li>Schrodinger's cat / superposition</li><li>Episode 131: Safe to Fail Boops: A Pragmatic Critique of Business Experimentation (mentioned as previous episode)</li><li><em>Why Does the Pedlar Sing?</em> (on advertising, branding, and fame)</li></ul>","author_name":"Tom Kerwin"}