Need to appreciate and incorporate multiple perspectives
A second dimension of complexity requires an appreciation of the different perspectives used by agents and agencies within the system (pluralism). Most of the population, including many experts and scientists, are not able to dis-identify from their own perspective sufficiently to be able to appreciate other people's perspectives fully. Until all the key perspectives are incorporated into a study then any analysis will be partial and any intervention likely to fail. [1]
"Within complex systems it is normal for there to exist radically different perspectives about how the system works or ought to work. The existence of these different perspectives adds significantly to the complexity of the system‟s operation, in part because messages and data will be interpreted differently by people with different perspectives and also because different agents and agencies are likely to be pursuing competing goals." [1]