Complexity: It's not that simple

Excellent article on the topic. It's applicable to this FB thread in that what passes for complexity is really just complicated and inadequate to the tasks at hand. This Ning IPS thread also address the difference between actual complexity and mechanical complication dressed up as complexity. It's also applicable to some integral theory in that it seems more a top-down complicated model that doesn't allow for what's required in complex systems. To paraphrase a hackneyed kennilingus expression: It's simply not that simple. E.g.:

Coping with complex predicaments requires a focus on continuously improving processes, not achieving outcomes.

If a group is grappling with a complex predicament, it needs to have a shared vision of what should be different at each step along the process of working towards the purpose,

Historically, most solutions have been devised and implemented top-down, by leaders atop political, corporate or social hierarchies. But complex predicaments [...] have defied all attempts at top-down fixes. The best approaches to such issues have come from bottom-up initiatives to deal with them at the local level.

Implicit in the idea that innovation and human ingenuity can ‘solve’ any problem is a level of arrogance and hubris that has no place in the struggle with complex predicaments.