This is a collection of transparencies printed as an IASIS "Report" or monograph, which focuses on solutions for improving productivity in organizations. The booklet contains photocopies of transparencies used in talks given by Warfield in Mexico City and in Tokyo in October and November of 1994. Topics covered are: 1. Overview of the presentation; 2. Ordinary and Complex Situations; 3. Language and Complexity; 4. Group Behavior and Complexity; 5. Framebreaking and Complexity; 6. Remodeling and Complexity; 7. Reasons for Poor Intellectual Productivity; 8. Conclusions ( A published article titled "Accelerating Productivity of Organizations, 1994" is based on the ideas in this monograph.)

What follows is a list of separate different filenames for much of the material in this packet, files that can be printed separately: P. 6 - "Goals…to convince you that situational complexity….); p. 7 - "Field Representation of Origins of Low Productivity on Complex Issues"; P. 8 - "Conclusions - Install the Interactive Management (IM) System…; p. 10 - "A Postulated Scale of Situational Complexity" ; p. 11 - "So far, 17 Laws of Complexity have been uncovered…can be Re-interpreted as…"; p. 13 - "Problematique for Developing and Implementing Analytical Powertrain" (; p. 14 - "The Linear (Precedence) Structure of English Prose"; p. 15 - "The Parallel (Inclusion) Structure of English Prose"; p. 16 - "Theseus…put an end to the criminal career of the giant…Procrustes…"; p. 17 - "Necessity of Structural Thinking"; p. 19 - "Typical Work Program for Task-Oriented, Interdisciplinary Group"; p. 20 - "Laws of Complexity, Structured Vertically by Behavior…Horizontally by Work Outcomes…; p. 21 - TITLE PAGE ONLY "Spreadthink: Explaining Ineffective Groups"; p. 22 - "Distribution of Votes Across Problems Ford PIM Workshop, Jan 24, 1994"; p. 23 - "Comparing Problem Scores:…Variant Design Workshop, May…1993"; p. 24 - "Example Situations and Possible Consequences"; p. 26 - "Enlightenment is Man's Release from his Self-Imposed Tutelage…Kant"; p. 27 - "Disciplined Skepticism is the Beginning of Enlightenment but Only the Beginning"; p. 28 - "Testing and Selective Revision of Received Doctrine…Discovery…”; p. 30 - "Meticulous Creation of a Shared Linguistic Domain is…"; p. 31 - "Levels in Design Thinking"; p. 32 - "Inadequate Linguistics"; p. 33 - "Heavy Demands on Group Process:"; p. 35 - "Three Primary Reasons for Poor Intellectual Productivity…Boulding"; pp. 36,37 - "Causes of Poor Productivity in Organizations".