Archetype

Het Einstein-punt

Omgaan met complexiteit

In onze complexe wereld is het voortdurend een uitdaging om bij onze activiteiten ervoor te zorgen dat we het beeld dat we hebben voldoende informatie bevat om representatief te zijn voor de werkelijkheid. Einstein zei het al: ‘We have to keep things as simple as possible but not more simple than that.’

10 most recent lessons

1.

The Dutch COVID-19 Appathon
It is not a simple process to develop a suitable app. Especially in such a short time, it is not surprising that they did not even come up with a suitable design. That could never have been the intention. However, in a very short time, it has become clear where the biggest challenges lie and a lot of input has been gathered on which criteria will play a role.

2.

Biomass power plants: redundant or inevitable?
Studies show that a CO2 balance sheet is not as simple as it seems, and other stories should have been listened to more carefully.

3.

Dippy the dinosaur
It is a noble plan to create world peace with a dinosaur, but the relationships between countries are very complex and because of this there is no guarantee that a dinosaur could provide peace.

4.

An affordable Porsche
The two companies working together had different views on the design of the 542 and it was a long and complicated process to get their noses in the same direction.

5.

Renovation of the Dutch Afsluitdijk
Large infrastructure projects are complicated and often take longer than anticipated. These projects often take years to complete and it is to be expected that things will happen during those years that will put you off schedule.

6.

Failed cleanup of Gulf of Mexico
It is difficult to predict what will happen in such a complex system, this made it difficult to figure out if the chemicals would be a problem or a solution to the cleanup.

7.

Facebook internet drones
Using drones to provide Internet, something that has not been done before, is not an easy task. The plan proved too complex to be successful now.

8.

Online events
Sometimes online events also go wrong because they are made too complicated. All sorts of things are possible, but this sometimes makes it too chaotic.

9.

Cyberpunk? Cyberflop!
It is very complicated to make a game so that there are no errors at all, because there are so many options in the game.

10.

Too few responses to survey
The survey contained too many questions and was made too complicated. It is better to ask fewer things and thus perhaps not get answers to all the questions, but to the most important ones.