Before adding complexity to a system, the question I find most useful is straightforward: "What's the simplest version of ...

Warren Buffett advised that you should never invest in a business you can't understand. But that hasn't stopped many ...

Complexity is said to be the enemy of execution. So why do so many organizations stand for it, even embrace it as proof of their intellectual superiority? The justification I heard when I was a CIO, ...

In today’s fast-moving consumer goods environment, consumers demand an increasing degree of differentiation. Serving this need comes at a cost. Think about your favorite beverage, for example. Many ...

Cloud is growing fast but security is falling behind. Here’s why it matters.

We’ve all heard the KISS talk: Keep It Simple, Stupid. And it’s good advice if you’re preparing an argument or making a presentation. There are rafts of management tools—from spreadsheets to process ...

One hundred and ninety-nine years after Charles Darwin was born, and 149 years after he published On the Origin of Species, some scientists say that the theory of evolution is due for a revision. Not ...

When Robert Venturi’s Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture was published 50 years ago, Vincent Scully announced in the introduction that it was “probably the most important writing on the ...

This multicenter study identifies patient complexity in the hospital setting as frequent and helps to better understand what makes a patient complex. Objectives: To identify the characteristics of ...