PinnedSonja BlignautEnabling coherent explore spacesI have written before about the need to embrace messy coherence or in more technical terms, coherent heterogeneity, a term I first…16 min read·Feb 20, 2021--1--1
Sonja BlignautWe are complexity walking.We tend to talk about complexity as something “out there”. A wicked problem to solve, a mess to order, a source of overwhelm and confusion…4 min read·Nov 16, 2023--2--2
Sonja BlignautOn getting lostBeing really and truly lost triggers primal survival anxieties.3 min read·Jul 17, 2023--2--2
Sonja BlignautComplexity is not supposed to be complexLife is complex: an ever-changing tangle of joy and pain, failure and success, beauty and despair. Sometimes it sucks, like watching your…6 min read·Jun 23, 2023--5--5
Sonja BlignautTrust, confidence & complexityWhere do confidence and trust come from? How do we develop faith in ourselves and others? And what role does complexity play in all of…2 min read·May 2, 2023--1--1
Sonja BlignautComplexity 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…11 min read·Mar 7, 2023--2--2
Sonja BlignautWayfinding the complexities of hybrid workCo-authored with Michael Göthe.9 min read·Feb 19, 2023--1--1
Sonja BlignautChatGPT 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…8 min read·Jan 30, 2023--1--1
Sonja BlignautWaitingThere are about 10 unfinished blog posts that I try to avoid seeing every time I open my laptop.2 min read·Nov 11, 2022--2--2