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

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

Welcome

Introductions of participants

Introduction to the workshop

Faculty presentations

Harkins

Moravec

Group discussion of presentation points

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Personal cultures

Social and cultural institutions

Hardware/SW systems, including IA & AI

Ecosystems and egosystems

Alternative presents, pasts, and futures

Alternative and parallel worlds

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

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

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

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

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