Chaos Theory and Careers

I made some comments previously on this concept. (Where Will You Be in 30 Years)

Here is a copy of an article.

I think the authors are right in asserting that humans are complex systems and that they operate in complex systems. However his treatment of chaos and its applications to people fall short of the mark. Some of his examples and stories are amusing but I don't think that they actually capture the essence of complexity. I think he misunderstands chaos and makes a leap that's not credible to apply chaos to careers.

However, an approach of thinking of the person as a complex system operating in multiple complex systems may be an important clue in understanding complexipacity. We can be adaptive intelligent agents with the property of emergence. We can also be a complex system in a critical state subject to periods of stasis followed by unpredictable changes of unpredictable magnitude. And, we can be a chaotic complex system sometimes changing unexpectedly between states of being or disintegrating into periods of incoherence.

Where will you be in 30 years time?

Where will you be in 2, 5, 10 or 30 years? Is it a reasonable question, can we plan our careers to that extent or should we focus more on learning to be flexible and creative? Is it a better idea to focus more on spotting opportunities? Introducing the Chaos Theory of Careers by Pryor and Bright, and the Bright's Beyond Personal Mastery Model of Creativity. A short intro to ideas about change reinvention, creativity and the Chaos theory of Careers by Jim Bright, Bright and Associates.