$#!T JUST GOT COMPLEXBROUGHTTOYOUBYTHEBUCKETBRIGADE a
manifesto (of sorts)

RIDDLE
ME
THIS ...

If the world is truly
more connected and complex than ever before ... how do businesses prosper in an even greater competitive climate?

If governments around the world
are entering an age of austeritY how do our leaders understand the systemic implications of the difficult choices they’re making?

AND HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND
THE WORLD WELL ENOUGH TO LEAVE IT An even BETTER PLACE THAN WE FOUND IT? won’t someone think of the children?!

IF The challenges we face
ARE more complex and interconnected than ever before ... WE NEED A NEW MODEL FOR PROBLEM SOLVING.

BEYOND DEVICES BEYOND BORDERS BEYOND
BELIEFS TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY SOLUTIONS WILL HAVE TO EXTEND TO SOLVE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHALLENGES

SOCIAL ORGANIZATION, FROM THE CORPORATE
SILO TO THE NUCLEAR FAMILY, IS A PROBLEM SOLVING STRATEGY. THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES FACING US AHEAD DEMAND WE WORK TOGETHER IN NEW WAYS.

IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY TRIBES
ARE A DANGEROUS MODEL FOR SOCIAL ORGANIZATION IF SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE TO SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS.

SLOGANS, NOT SOLUTIONS, SPREAD WITHIN
TRIBES BECAUSE THE SURVIVAL OF THE GROUP IS VALUED OVER PROBLEM SOLVING.

LONG-TERM SURVIVAL IS NO LONGER
ASSURED AT THE COST OF ALL OTHERS.

NO LONGER CAN ANY INDIVIDUAL
NATION COLLAPSE. WORLD CIVILIZATION WILL DISINTEGRATE AS A WHOLE. COMPETITORS WHO EVOLVE AS PEERS COLLAPSE IN LIKE MANNER.” – Joseph A. Tainter “

THE RECENT HOUSING CRISIS DEMONSTRATED
WITH CASCADING DESTRUCTION JUST HOW INTERCONNECTED AND INTERRELATED ALL OF INDUSTRY AND HUMANITY TRULY IS. TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO ELUDE TWENTIETH CENTURY SOLUTIONS.

TO SOLVE THE WORLD’S MOST
MASSIVELY COMPLEX CHALLENGES WHAT’SOURMISSION? CHALLENGES THAT WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING AND A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF HOW A MORE COMPLEX WORLD WORKS

TO DEVELOP A NETWORK OF
TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY PROBLEM SOLVERS ANDWHAT’SOURSTRATEGY? ARMED WITH A COMMON UNDERSTANDING OF HOW TO COMPREHEND, COMMUNICATE, AND CONFRONT COMPLEX CHALLENGES

WE’RE DEVELOPING A GUIDEBOOK THAT
WILL HELP YOU MAKE SENSE OF A MORE CONNECTED & COMPLEX WORLD WHAT’STHEFIRSTSTEP? TO ESTABLISH A COMMON UNDERSTANDING, INTRODUCE NEW TOOLS, AND SPREAD A FUNDAMENTALLY BROADER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHALLENGES YOU FACE BOTH PERSONALLY AND PROFESSIONALLY

USE YOUR NEWFOUND UNDERSTANDING AND
OUR NETWORK OF PROBLEM SOLVERS TO MAKE THE WORLD AROUND YOU A BETTER PLACE ANDWHATTHEN? ONCE WE SHARE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING AND THE ABILITY TO CONNECT, THERE’S NO LIMIT TO THE CHALLENGES WE CAN FACE TOGETHER

WAIT A MINUTE. WHAT DOES
THAT LOOK LIKE? IN THE FUTURE, UNDER HYPOTHETICAL AND SIMPLIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES

WELL, WE’D NEED A CHALLENGE.
LET’S SAY THAT WE NOTICE RETIREMENT INVESTING AMONG FAMILIES IS AT AN HISTORIC LOW

FIRST, WE BEGIN BY MAPPING
THE SYSTEM THIS IS CALLED A CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAM, AND IT’S JUST ONE OF THE TOOLS THAT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND A MORE CONNECTED & COMPLEX WORLD EXPECTATIONS OF THE FUTURE DISCRETIONARY INCOME HEALTH OF THE FAMILY CLARITY OF OPTIONS RETIREMENT INVESTING

WE WANT TO CONNECT THE
DOTS BETWEEN OUR OBJECTIVE AND ITS INFLUENCES AND HOW THESE ELEMENTS INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER TO FORM THE STRUCTURE AND BEHAVIOR OF THE OVERALL SYSTEM EXPECTATIONS OF THE FUTURE DISCRETIONARY INCOME O S HEALTH OF THE FAMILY S CLARITY OF OPTIONS S S RETIREMENT INVESTING ABOUT THE MAP: The lines show how one element may be related to another, and the letters ‘S’ and ‘O’ describe how they affect each other. S for Same, O for Opposite. For example, here we think as the health of the family increases, so will the likelihood of retirement investing. So these elements move in the same direction.

UNDERSTANDING THE SYSTEM ALLOWS US
TO IDENTIFY POINTS OF LEVERAGE TWO GOALS HERE: TO IDENTIFY MULTIPLE PRESSURE POINTS INSTEAD OF A SINGLE FOCUS, AND TO STUDY THE SYSTEMIC IMPLICATIONS OF ANY CHANGE WE INTRODUCE EXPECTATIONS OF THE FUTURE DISCRETIONARY INCOME O S HEALTH OF THE FAMILY S CLARITY OF OPTIONS S S RETIREMENT INVESTING

NEXT, OUR NETWORK GENERATES A
SUITE OF SOLUTIONS FOR EACH LEVERAGE POINT FROM THAT MOUNTAIN OF IDEAS, WE CULL UNTIL WE DESIGN AN ELEGANT PROGRAM OF SOLUTIONS TO ACHIEVE OUR OBJECTIVE O S HEALTH OF THE FAMILY S CLARITY OF OPTIONS S S RETIREMENT INVESTING

AND THOSE SOLUTIONS THAT ARE
ENACTED AND PROMOTED WILL BE BRANDED ALIKE SO THAT REGARDLESS OF AUDIENCE, GOVERNMENT/COMPANY/CITIZEN, IT’S UNDERSTOOD THAT ALL SHARE A COMMON GOAL AND EACH REQUIRE PARTICIPATION O S HEALTH OF THE FAMILY S CLARITY OF OPTIONS S S RETIREMENT INVESTING

FINALLY, AS OUR SOLUTIONS ARE
TESTED IN THE REAL WORLD, WE’LL MEASURE THEIR PERFORMANCE WE’LL DO OUR BEST TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE ENTIRE SYSTEM, TO CATCH ANY NEW TRENDS OR UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES EARLY IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT O S HEALTH OF THE FAMILY S CLARITY OF OPTIONS S S RETIREMENT INVESTING

THIS IS HOW THE MOST
MASSIVELY COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF THE FUTURE WILL BE SOLVED. THROUGH THE COLLABORATION OF PROFESSIONALS WHO SHARE A COMMON UNDERSTANDING, VISION, AND FUTURE.

TODAY, WE’RE PREPARING THE FIRST
STEP OF THIS VISION – A GUIDEBOOK* THAT WILL ... • GIVE YOU THE TOOLS AND KNOW-HOW TO FACE COMPLEX CHALLENGES IN YOUR OWN LIFE • GRANT YOU ACCESS TO A NETWORK OF PROBLEM SOLVERS TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE • ESTABLISH A COMMON UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN FUTURE MEMBERS SO THAT WE CAN SOLVE THE MOST MASSIVELY COMPLEX CHALLENGES TOGETHER * BOOK IS POTENTIALLY A QUAINT WORD OF YE OLDEN TIMES FOR WHAT’S IN MIND.

BUT WAIT, THERE ARE TWO
WAYS TO START PARTICIPATING RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU SUPPORT OUR VISION,
PLEASE LET US KNOW. Sign-up using our web form to get updates on the progress of the guidebook and the network. The book will help you see past what H.L. Mencken called, the “simple, easy to understand, wrong answers” of complex problems by developing your understanding of complex systems and systems thinking. HTTP://BIT.LY/JOINTHEBUCKET HTTP://BIT.LY/HELPTHEBUCKET ALSO, TELL US WHAT WE SHOULDN’T OVERLOOK. Use our web form to suggest topics that should be covered in the upcoming guidebook. Specifically, tell us about systemic challenges you face, experts you might know, or case studies that are relevant to our topic.

FOUNDERSOFTHEBUCKETBRIGADE Neerav Bhatt, Ana Andjelic,
Stephen Walker, James Sherrett, Mark Pollard, Dino Demopoulos, Ian Lyons, Carl Panczak, Phil Gillman, James Denman, Eugene Chung, Mark Gallagher, Mike Arauz, Matt Creamer, Helen Klein Ross, Casey Flanagan, Dave Daines, Faris Yakob, Balind Sieber, Dan Weingrod, Mark Avnet, Mark DiCristina, Michael Monello, Anjali Ramachandran, Bo Damgaard, Neil Perkin, Graeme Wood, Patrick Syms, Jason Oke, Andy Sandoz, Brian Jeremy, Matt Jones, Gareth Kay, Eva Hasson, Gavin Becker, Regan Meador, Johnny Vulkan, Josh Ehart, Fi Bendall, Mel Exon, Josh Boston, Brent Dixon, Laura Chavoen, William Shunn, Duane Brown, Patrick Berry, Ian Alexander, Darrell Whitelaw, Sarah Blue, Derrick Bradley, Tobias Wacker, Robin Grant, Mike Zeederberg, Adam Corney, James Robertson, John Sumser, Patrick Simkins, Jamie Wilkinson, Anne-Mette Jensen, Scott Bullard, Heather LeFevre, Erin Dorr, Tim Leake, Stephen Cox, Hugh Weber, Kimberly Carroll, Tobias Peggs, Sara Williams, Matthew Don, Carmel Hagen, Jane Friedman, Jabe Bloom, Sara Ashton, Johannes Kleske, Stuart Eccles, Utku Can, Robin Wong, Sean M Aaron, C.C. Chapman, Len Kendall, Terence Reis, Adam Wohl, Richard Nevins, Heather Ann Snodgrass, matt gierhart, Stuart Foster, Shaun Abrahamson, Ted Sink, Tim Malbon, Gavin Heaton, Cameron Maddux, Jurandir Craveiro, Jonathan Hopkins, John V Willshire, Mark Earls, Gabriel Puerto, Avin Narasimhan, Dave Castelletti, Mark MacSmith, Ben Abramowitz, Greg Christman, Ben Kaufman, APFIND, Gerrie Smits, Michael Ferdman, Arthur Alston, Rufus Winchester, Marisa Zupan, Gary Ellis, Ian Fitzpatrick, Chris Stephenson, Grant McCracken, James Cooper, Darryl King, Sabrina Caluori, Michael Kantrow, Tom Kelshaw, Emma Jenkins, Ryan Jacoby, and Bud Caddell

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