I read Simplexity a while back. It's a very interesting book. It suggests that many of the things we assume are simple are actually very complex once you start to really delve into how they work.

In a sense, this is kind of like what we discussed yesterday during your Trading Post session and what I've found to be the norm. Having had time to reflect, I don't think the Trg Dept is on it's way out - rather I think it is itself discovering the "simplexity" inherent in most performance interventions. Certainly my experience has indicated that what seems like a simple training intervention at first glance usually is only a sub-symptom of a greater issue.

The closest I can equate it to is paitient diagnosis in medicine. If you treat only the symptoms (simple approach), you might find the cure, but most often becauses illness and the body are complex systems, you'll fail to treat the malady. Only by stepping back and taking a broader systems or relational view (i.e. why is this happening but not that) can you truly achieve the desired result.

Thanks for the session Harold - as always, you've left me thinking. Great job.