Abstract
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA): People cannot reduce the environment’s ‘degree’ of VUCA, but a company’s capability to deal with it can increase. One of the most promising methods for doing this includes expanding the capability to oscillate. Oscillation increases the complexity within the company itself since it creates variable options for management to take action and respond. A general frame for such oscillations is given by the “SySt-Tetralemma”. With some practice in exploring the Tetralemma, you can find a way out of most dilemmas and generate useful developments from most problems. Sometimes VUCA leads to paradox situations where the impossible must be made possible, i.e., from the point of view of the SySt-Tetralemma, the ability to open the limits of the system from within is required.
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The word pair Wahrnehmung/Wahrgebung is a construct created by Heinz von Foerster and cannot be translated completely. Matthias Varga von Kibéd translates it as follows: “Wahrnehmung” (perception; verbally “truth-taking”) vs. “Wahrgebung” (unusual neologism; verbally “truth-giving”, a semantic variation of “verification” and “truth making”, maybe to be translated by another neologism in English like “veridonation”).
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Ferrari, E., Sparrer, I., von Kibed, M.V. (2016). Simply More Complex: A SySt® Approach to VUCA. In: Mack, O., Khare, A., Krämer, A., Burgartz, T. (eds) Managing in a VUCA World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16889-0_2
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