Hidden Potential

As we look at complex systems – the human systems of schools and the computing systems of microservices – we wonder about that formless energy held 'below the surface' in what is called quantum potential.

Quantum potential was named by David Bohm to define that emergent potential held in the pre-space realm of the enfolding 'implicate order' – hidden to us in what we now know as quantum fluctuations – that guides the manifestation of increasing complex order in the unfolding 'explicate order' – the world around us.

After participating in the demo day of a recent professional DIG in Australia, David's head went back, his eyes toward the ceiling in a moment of realization.

If such amazing Creative Genius could be released by five busy adults, what might happen with a classroom of 25 or 30 focused students?

He was glimpsing the hidden potential of a complex system when Quantum Thinking is experienced.

Thinking, we now recognize, that build our mental maps that we used to understand the world, our Cognitive Models.

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