# Applied Complexity Central claim: > **You can't get what you want by forcing it.** Great ways of thinking about this: > The shift we need is from _**build**_ to _**grow**_. From _**command and control**_ to _**nurture and select**_. From directly _**forcing**_ the system, to indirectly _**enabling**_ it. --- Date: 20211104 Links to: [Complexity Theory](Complexity%20Theory.md) [Big Ideas MOC](Big%20Ideas%20MOC.md) Tags: References: * Email from Joe Norman, The Big Blurry Picture