Have you ever thought about, How a negligible error can create a big difference in the overall result? How can the unavailability of a nail make a king lose his kingdom? How can low morale collapse in society? How does an uncomfortable pillow make the team lose the world cup?
Above all, questions may sound bizarre, but let me clear all your doubts.
Let me take you to the world of CHAOS, where we will get all our answers. We know Mathematics is the only subject where No Solution or Not Defined can also be an answer. And when this no solution or not defined is an answer, it creates CHAOS, which leads to our answers. For this, we have to understand the CHAOS theory.
Let me explain to you what CHAOS theory is in Layman’s terms.CHAOS theory states that in an irregular pattern or chaotic complex system, there exists constant feedback loop, repetition, or self-similarity, which makes that system regular or the same as other systems that can be studied.
Now you must be confused about what link it has with the nail and kingdom lost and all the above questions which I have asked, right? See,
“For want of a nail, the shoe was lost;
For want of a shoe, the horse was lost;
For want of a horse, the rider was lost;
For want of a rider, the battle was lost;
For want of a battle, the kingdom was lost.”
In simple terms, Unavailability of a nail makes the shoe incomplete, and it can’t be used, so it was lost, when the shoe was lost, the horse was not unable to ride, so the horse was lost. When a horse was lost, a rider was not able to ride on it, so the rider was lost. When the rider was lost, he was not ready to go to war, so the battle was lost. And when the battle was lost, King lost his kingdom.
You saw how a small nail could make the King lose his kingdom. Now let me explain it with one more example.
Let’s imagine; there’s low morale in the citizens of a country. This low morale will bring a recession, this recession will further create a revolution within a nation, and this revolution will lead to a complete collapse of society.
Let’s take one more example;
Before the final match, the team was resting, but the pillow was uncomfortable, which led to inadequate night sleep. Because of bad night sleep, players performed poorly the next day, and due to poor performance, they lost the final.
How can we see this theory in real life?
As a person, an extra 10-minute sleep in the morning will make you skip your breakfast. Lack of breakfast will not give you energy and which in turn will spoil your mood. Because of this, you will not be able to focus on your work, which will lead to the downfall of your performance, and so will reflect in your appraisal and will ultimately affect your earnings and lifestyle.
We have so many examples around us, and we neglect them many times. We make errors which we think are minuscule, but it can bring a drastic change in the final result. As an organization, we should never ignore the low morale within even one employee. You never know when it can create a significant hiatus within an organization.
“Always believe in CHAOS.”
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