Practicing continuous participatory change over and over has surfaced some valuable lessons about how to do it well. They’re not rules, mind you. In complexity, rules can become constraints that limit our ability to adapt. “Always” and “never” are words we try to avoid. Instead we attempt to develop principles or heuristics—guidelines that prove useful in certain situations without being overly rigid or restrictive. These somewhat counterintuitive aphorisms may help you avoid some common pitfalls. While you’re living in the now, managing the present, and revealing the adjacent possible,
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