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Sonja Blignaut
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Enabling coherent explore spaces

The difficulty of complex thought is that it must face messes … interconnectedness among phe- nomena, fogginess, uncertainty, contradiction. (Edgar Morin, On Complexity, 2008: 6) I have written before about the need to embrace messyness. Specifically to shift from seeking alignment and neat categories to messy coherence (or coherent heterogeneity…

Complexity

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Enabling coherent explore spaces
Enabling coherent explore spaces
Complexity

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May 2

Trust, confidence & complexity

Where do confidence and trust come from? How do we develop faith in ourselves and others? And what role does complexity play in all of this? These are questions a client recently asked me to develop a workshop around as they have found it increasingly difficult to cultivate trust and…

Trust

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Trust, confidence & complexity
Trust, confidence & complexity
Trust

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Mar 7

Complexity lessons from my garden.

Growing up in Africa, I’ve always been a nature lover and keen birder. So, I dreamed of creating a garden that would be a haven for wildlife in the middle of the city. Our neighbourhood was brand new when we built our house in 2001, so there were no established…

Complexity

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Complexity lessons from my garden.
Complexity lessons from my garden.
Complexity

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Feb 19

Wayfinding the complexities of hybrid work

Co-authored with Michael Göthe. As we emerge from the exceptional conditions of the pandemic, the topic of distributed work (WFH or work from anywhere) vs on-site at the office has been the hot topic during client meetings and lunch discussions at training events. There are always many differing, even divergent…

Hybrid Work

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Wayfinding the complexities of hybrid work
Wayfinding the complexities of hybrid work
Hybrid Work

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Jan 30

ChatGPT doesn’t quite get complexity (at least not according to Einstein!)

Update: Before reading on, a warning. ChatGPT creates references out of thin air and presents them with great confidence as factual. You cannot trust a reference provided by the bot, you HAVE to double check. I found non-existant papers attributed to real authors; real papers attributed to the wrong authors…

Complexity

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ChatGPT doesn’t quite get complexity (at least not according to Einstein!)
ChatGPT doesn’t quite get complexity (at least not according to Einstein!)
Complexity

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Nov 11, 2022

Waiting

There are about 10 unfinished blog posts that I try to avoid seeing every time I open my laptop. Every time I sit down to write, I end up with half-finished paragraphs. …

Writing

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Waiting
Waiting
Writing

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Apr 20, 2022

Crossing thresholds.

“Everywhere I go, I find a poet has been there before me.” — Sigmund Freud Anyone who reads my blog probably knows that I have a love for Celtic poets. One of my favorites is John O’Donohue. …

Ritual

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Crossing thresholds.
Crossing thresholds.
Ritual

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Apr 8, 2022

Re:Membering the future

The future used to be synonymous with dreams, exciting new things, and bucket lists. Yes, it was always uncertain, and I always knew many of the things I dreamed about probably wouldn’t become a reality, but it was energising to plan for “one day”. Now, thinking about the future, I…

Hope

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Re:Membering the future
Re:Membering the future
Hope

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Mar 12, 2022

Finding hope

In these dark times, when it feels like the world is coming apart at the seams, I find hope in a deep knowing there is still beauty in the world. That somewhere dolphins are jumping just for the joy of it. That birds are singing to welcome the morning. …

Hope

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Finding hope
Finding hope
Hope

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Feb 11, 2022

Reflections on resilience & adaptive capacity.

I have been revisiting some of my older blogs and came across a series I wrote several years ago on resilience. I am blessed with a very diverse network, which includes, among others, many thought leaders and scientists in the field of social-ecological systems. While most of my work is…

Resilience

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ReflResilience & adaptive capacity.
ReflResilience & adaptive capacity.
Resilience

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Sonja Blignaut

Sonja Blignaut

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Exploring our relationship with uncertainty. Enabling future fitness. Complexity nerd, Waysfinder, Artist, Scientist. https://complexityfit.com

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