Miracles and Nasty Surprises

If the Rorty quote holds, then managers are reducing the world down to something that allows them to cope with reality. 

·         The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.”   Max DePree

·        “Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.”    Dwight D. Eisenhower

·         “Leadership is getting someone to do what they don’t want to do, to achieve what they want to achieve.”   Tom Landry

 Given that the present reality is complex, the issue at hand is how do we reduce complexity so that we can cope?  The degree of complexity present is the degree to which our chosen method of reduction has failed.  If we can’t reduce it, we’re stuck with it.  Models are one form of reduction. They’re not the only one. There are also such forms of representation as language, poetry, art, etc. There are many forms of reduction available.