Complexity Isn’t the Enemy, Simplicity Is the Lie
Why Our Craving for Clarity Is Holding Civic Change Back
The Comfort of Simple Stories
A policymaker once told us he needed “one clear sentence” to explain why his youth programme mattered.
He was kind, pragmatic, and under pressure. A sentence could travel through committees faster than nuance ever could.
We stared at the whiteboard crowded with arrows and feedback loops, an honest diagram of what the work real…
