Transitions are filled with tumult and unrest, but they’re also filled with helpful purging and dazzling creativity. In other words, they’re chaos. And as a new generation of scientists has taught us: Chaos is not noise, it’s signal; disorder is not a mistake, it’s a design element. If we view these periods as aberrations, we risk their becoming missed opportunities. If we view them as openings, we just might open up to them.
