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John Kay

“Much complexity has been deliberately created”

More on the theme of intentional complexity. Many of the products we buy today are, by their nature, complicated. If you want to buy a television or a car or a computer, you are faced with a …

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When Storytelling Leads To Unhappy Endings

“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposing ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald *** John Kay, …

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