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This paper reflects the perspective of a researcher and process facilitator whose endeavours to engage with complexity over four decades have roots not so much in the systems movement as in three other parallel movements or ideologies - those of operational research, action research and participatory development. So the question I shall explore will be whether systems science need be seen as the only starting point - or indeed always the most helpful one - in engaging with complexity in the world around us.
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Friend, J. (2001). Engaging with Transient Complexity in Development Projects. In: Ragsdell, G., Wilby, J. (eds) Understanding Complexity. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1313-1_13
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