Replicating outcomes
How easily do we fall into the trap of thinking we can replicate an outcome someone else achieved by following a sequence of steps that they followed?
Rivers teach us this story. You cannot step into the same river twice.
We must start with the conditions we have, the ground conditions. They will never be the same as the ground conditions of those we seek to replicate.
To do this, do a whole systems account – a Synergistic Account – of all that we have and all that we lack. Begin with knowing and understanding the whole, to the best of your ability.
The ground conditions inform the next step. There may be a series of steps that can be replicated; however, the order might be different. Some steps will need to be created anew, others dropped.
The precise, replicable pathway and formula do not work for an emergent world. Only the certainty of the next step.
Yet our business-as-usual, trained mind is addicted to the linear, follow-the-formula route.
The leader steward breathes into the complexity and uncertainty. The immediate now conditions inform the immediate next step.
We hold the tension for the purpose of why we do what we do, which gives us direction. Yet we remain constantly in the dance of not knowing the second or third step.
This is the way of Syntropy.
Photo Taken November 17th 2025, Article published November 17th, 2025
