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In the previous post, we explored how the Viable System Model provides a blueprint for designing adaptive organisations. We saw how the VSM helps us balance autonomy and control, creating a system that can sense and respond to a complex environment. But what makes an environment complex in the first place?

Kauffman's NK model explains why the left side of a Wardley Map feels chaotic, and it shows how leaders can deliberately smooth that landscape without losing strategic edge. When N components are tightly coupled (high K), every move can collapse into a local optimum; modularity, doctrine, and adaptive gameplay are the tools for reshaping the terrain.