There is no such thing as perfection in complex systems and therefore also in human actions. For example, a balancing act over a rope is unique and will never be repeated in the same form. So, what does the striving for the best possible mean in complex systems?
In my view, the answer to this is almost paradoxical and corresponds more to a playful process:
creative visioning, letting go and stepping backwards, attentive observation, recognising what is important and using resources wisely. This process corresponds to an alert, holistic and permanent act of balancing. There is a great variety of the best possible.
I often experience that people want to be perfect and hinder themselves as a result: in extreme cases, people judge some own actions as mistakes and can hardly recover from them. An existing error culture and a joyful ‘being yourself’ can work wonders here.
In an error culture, you take responsibility for your own or collective actions and learn from them in order to shape the future. But an ErrorCulture 2.0 goes much further – it also learns from success and successful outcomes – even very small ones! And there is unimagined potential in this culture!
PS You may now want to know what a simple system is – as opposed to a complex system. Well, these don’t actually exist very often. Here are just three examples: a simple mechanical machine, a computer code without loops or a game of chess shortly before victory 😉
