Systems thinking and the concept of the learning organisation are about reaching a desired gap. Complexity which is surfacing of late in KM circles has taken a different approach, that of co-evolution (which seems very on par with ux thinking)

“In the idealistic approach, the leaders of an organization set out an ideal future state that they wish to achieve, identify the gap between the ideal and their perception of the present, and seek to close it. This is common not only to process-based theory but also to practice that follows the general heading of the “learning organization”. Naturalistic approaches, by contrast, seek to understand a sufficiency of the present in order to act to stimulate evolution of the system. Once such stimulation is made, monitoring of emergent patterns becomes a critical activity so that desired patterns can be supported and undesired patterns disrupted. The organization thus evolves to a future that was unknowable in advance, but is more contextually appropriate when discovered.”

- Dave Snowden
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/241183740/in-the-idealistic-approach-the-leaders-of-an

More here
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/17079598570/complexity-is-different-than-systems-thinking

I agree with Dave Snowden, that you need some inefficiencies to allow for adaptation…if there’s no waste and everything is too perfect there’s no allowance to innovate or adapt to change…I’m talking extremism here

“Efficiency means utilizing excess capacity, resilience requires excess capacity to respond to novelty.”
http://johntropea.tumblr.com/post/5848291018/efficiency-destroys-resilience

That’s the thing, don’t stop. Skills get better with practice, my drawing skills are very average as well. In my early twenties they used to be very good, if not outstanding. But things do wane if you don’t practice at least a little bit.

Just keep on practicing and trying to improve, you will.

I have tried using the Ipad, I have about 5 stylus overall, some are good, some are just crap. But I just find all tablets I have tried way too slow to render the line drawn. However I think in the next year or two the processor will be able to cope with the required speed.

The sketchnotes are not done on a tablet, as they don’t respond as fast as you require in a session, you have to draw very quickly sometimes. Also the resolution isn’t there (sans Ipad3 – which I’m yet to try). So everything is analogue – as in old school pen and paper.

I used to be a Fan of Kathy Sierra’s blog, but she has over the years started to grate on me in the lack of practical detail on implementation. This is something I found in her workshop and talk as well. The “So how to I do this” just wasn’t answered, which makes me suspect she’s all ideas, no action. Sad thing is she so unapproachable now that I couldn’t even ask her if I was missing something. She’s now on my don’t bother list.