Happy Solstice!

(I was chastised for saying "Merry Christmas" instead of "Happy Holidays," so I'm going to go with the appropriately pagan and likely offensive "Happy Solstice" from now on.

I also have a few days off before next semester which I'm spending with my family. The difficult transition, i.e. the first semester here, is over, and I haven't done too badly ;-)

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Complexity is a Language

Found this:

i) Contribute to the development of a theory of complex social systems and organisations.
ii) Explore and develop models, tools and methods to help organisations understand and cope with complexity.
iii) Develop a method of discourse of complexity, within an organisational context.

COMPLEXITY PROVIDES AN EXPLANATORY FRAMEWORK AND A LANGUAGE, WHICH OFFER A DIFFERENT WAY OF THINKING AND SEEING THE WORLD.

here:
http://www.psych.lse.ac.uk/complexity/events.htm

It's nice to see that the London School of Economics considers the study of complexity as a language rather than a set of research methods. (In fact, the inclusion of language/history/society seems to be the case in many European complexity centers :-) )