Complexity causes chaos.
And chaos stalls progress. Yet, complexity is always conserved.
You can’t eliminate the complexity, but can you tame it? Can you bring some order to the chaos?
As a leader, your job is to figure that out.
Can you eliminate some variables? Can you keep the team focused on the most important requirements? Can you swat the flies and minimize distractions? Can you find some underlying structure on which to place your feet?
You’ll want less meetings, but more important discussions. You might need to encourage some wandering, but wandering with purpose. You’ll definitely want to protect the team from the outside noise, but you might need internal dissension.
Chaos doesn’t obey.
But good leadership can see through the complexity.
