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CDERP Position Paper | October 2026
Bounded Chaos, Dynamic Equilibrium and the Limits of System Redesign
Dr Peter Smith
Why do familiar problems persist despite successive reforms to employment and human-service systems?
This position paper examines why system redesign cannot rely on blueprints alone. It explores the relationships, institutional boundaries and adaptations through which outcomes are continually produced, and considers what effective governance requires when the system itself is constantly changing.
Explore the paperCDERP’s own analysis of employment systems, governance and reform.
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Why do familiar problems persist despite successive reforms to employment and human-service systems? This position paper examines why system redesign cannot rely on blueprints alone.
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The origin of the Equilibrium Systems Model of Employment.
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