Chaordic Way Harkins

Slide 1: The Chaordic Way Arthur Harkins, Ph.D. John Moravec, Ph.D. Innovation Studies

Slide 2: The Chaordic Way: Creative Blends of Chaos and Order Welcome Introductions of participants Introduction to the workshop Faculty presentations Harkins Moravec Group discussion of presentation points

Slide 3: The Chaordic Way: “Gray Areas” and “Sweet Spots” in resilient, anticipatory living Chaordic StoryTech exercises Lunch break at 12:00 (45 minutes) Further StoryTechs, pointing toward the workshop paper Small group work on paper topics Wrap-up at 2:30 – 3:00

Slide 4: What will you be doing today? Learning from the faculty and your peers Interactively developing a possible paper topic Writing short stories about your connections to chaordia Looking for ”Gray Areas” and “Sweet Spots” to facilitate your stories Preparing to read Hock and Frankl

Slide 5: Presentation: What are chaordia and the Chaordic Way? Arthur Harkins, Ph.D. Faculty Director, IS Faculty Director, Leapfrog Institutes

Slide 6: Key ideas What Dee Hock meant by the term How chaordia relates to yin and yang How chaordia relates to the Tao Relationship of Viktor Frankl to Chaordia How chaordia ties to futuring How chaordia ties to innovation

Slide 7: Important caveats Why chaos is not “random” but is another form of order Why order is not without chaos The role of complexity in human systems The role of simplexity in human systems Problems associated with conceptions of “the” system Why both order and chaos are problematic

Slide 8: Making sense of things Chaordia as a modern expression of yin and yang Chaordia as a modern expression of Tao The humanistic sides of yin and yang, Tao, and chaordia Why “Gray Areas” are so important Why “Sweet Spots” are so important Chaordia as personal and social software

Slide 9: How chaordia works Opens up options Competes with dualistic thinking/actions Reduces anxiety, confusion, feelings of powerlessness Functions like “magic” Functions like “prayer” Opens minds to new perspectives/realities Leads to new stories of human potential

Slide 10: Everyday applications of chaordia: developing “chaordic capital” in… Personal cultures Social and cultural institutions Hardware/SW systems, including IA & AI Ecosystems and egosystems Alternative presents, pasts, and futures Alternative and parallel worlds

Slide 11: How does Frankl link to chaordics? Role of alternative futures in human life Role of purposiveness in human life Logotherapy to help overcome shock, apathy, bitterness, and disillusionment Replacing apathy with choice Substituting the will to create meaning Basing much on the creation of future- focused imagery, stories, and dramas

Slide 12: Frankl was not delusional He understood reality He lived in reality BUT: -He understood the power of alternatives -He developed his own alternatives -He evolved within his alternatives -He became bi-cultural in profound ways -He grew young and prospered -He changed our collective future

Slide 13: Now, John will now provide “Gray Area” and “Sweet Spot” examples of how to grow young and prosper through chaordics - today and in future!