James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"
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Why leaders watch it
Illustrates how dependence on interlinked systems creates fragility, a background view on second-order effects.
The first episode of James Burke's 1978 BBC series Connections traces modern dependence on complex technological networks, starting with the 1965 New York blackout, and moves through ancient agriculture to Kuwait's oil-driven leap.
Topics: Systems thinking & complexity, Failure, safety & learning orgs
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