Step 1: Opening
Complex Adaptive Systems
Step 2: Word Pool
Complex: consisting of many different and connected parts. Complicated, confused, compound, multiple, multiplex, elaborate, mixed, difficult
Adaptive: characterized by or given to adaptation; having an ability to change to suit different conditions. Flexible, modifying, robust, adjustable, elastic,
Systems: a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network. a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done; an organized scheme or method. Arrangement, organization, rules, classification, scheme, structure, philosophy, principle,
Step 3: Restructuring
Relationships/friendships, especially in business, are complicated, in the sense that sometimes one must be elastic in order to live-out a proper arrangement with regards to relationships.
Step 4: Felt Experience
This past summer, I worked at a bike/motor vehicle rental business. They had been in business for over twenty years, as a seasonal business operating only in the spring/summer. My first week, I spent a lot of time analyzing some complicated arrangements they already had in place. I really dove deep into each in-and-out of all components that the job involved, such as paperwork, policies, rental requirements, and setting up/closing down. As I was attempting to take in all of the information I possibly could, I found that I spent too much time trying to do things so specifically and carefully. There were different times of day, and also days where things didn’t need to be done one specific way. As I had three different bosses, I found that it was in my best interest to uphold the trait of being “elastic”. I had to be flexible in order to please each different bosses ideas and ways of doing things. Over time, I noticed that this elasticity was highly beneficial to my performance, as I knew the in’s and out’s of each structure of doing things.