SUMMARY OF KEY IDEAS
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
—Sir Winston Churchill
A Pattern of Change
DIFFERENTIATION teases apart useful distinctions:
What do we wish to conserve?
What do we wish to embrace that wasn’t possible before?
COHERENCE arises as disparate aspects cluster to create a complex, novel whole.
DISRUPTION interrupts habitual activity.
Forms of Change
In order of increasing disruption:
STEADY STATE—Disturbance is ...
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